Inanna

By Michelle Lore

The mythos of Innana has enchanted readers for decades. After dreaming of the elusive sky goddess one evening, I found myself writing of her polarities, her anger, her grief, and wondering at what sort of voice is hiding in texts that are undoubtedly, like all religious scriptures, ensconced in a certain gendered ideology. "Inanna" is a chapbook filled with explorations of identity among sexual, spiritual, cosmic, and social axes. When the radiant goddess of the sky goes down to meet her cthonic bound sister, her body breaks as it is hung on a hook, and her whole life - from the establishment of her own godhood to the marriage of Demuzi - spins out before her. On Ereshkigal's meat hook she is doomed to rot, and in rotting, the Queen of Heaven fully blooms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michelle Lore
• Release date: Jun 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311248084

Michelle Lore

Word WitchI will soon be re-directing my self-published poetry projects to the name of Ecco River. Link will be available soon once I release the first chapbook under that name.

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Inanna

Michelle Lore

Copyright 2016 Michelle Lore

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For woman unknown

Neolithic Homo Erotic Hosanna

bedding the morning star and its consequences

Queen of Heaven vs. Fuckboys of America

The Transmutation of Demuzi into Christ

Rezoning for Extended Mythos (Rainforest Funeral and Wall Street Birthday)

Powder Room Memories

Goat Milk Well

Millennial God Hacks

Wedding in Uruk's Shade

A love letter between eras

Rosette

Sugar Cane Doll

between my coffee and your tea

The Veil, The Dress, And The Fire

Vanity: Innana into Ereshkigal

Papa Babel

Chicken Scratch

Gifts for Ereshkigal

Illuminated Manuscript of an Annunaki

Creatrix

Acknowledgements

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Neolithic Homo Erotic Hosanna

Sing me a hosanna

for the girl who never leaves

who woke up with her head in the punch bowl

and a ringing in her ears

the trumpets of Zion playing

the alpha and omega mix-tape

a mobius strip of streamers & confetti

she's told she will spend the rest of her life

tidying up

even though these pants

this room housed most of the cheerleading team

and few James Dean to spare

(she tries to forget those bedroom ghosts of his)

there is plenty of space left over

for a few prom kings willing to

relapse

on three, my friends

you tell me i was beloved

once

before the spring found a swelling

in , I said, IN, that is, inside me