POETRY
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Written in 2006, Ossuary is a poetic tribute to the bone panels, bone scrolls and other art of artist, writer and publisher Erzebet YellowBoy. The twenty-six poems in the collection center upon the themes of decay and transformation in much the same way YellowBoy's work does. Some draw upon world myth and fairy tale, from the dismembering of Osiris in "Osiris, Seed-Scattered" to the schemes of the Greek Fates in "The Moriae's Tools" to numerous permutations of "Sleeping Beauty," which follows the heroine's descent through dreams and her numerous transformations in body, mind and soul. Additionally Ossuary seeks to explore the natural world from which the artist draws inspiration—the season's cycles, nature's mystery and, of course, the inevitability of death and the transforming process of decay. In Ossuary, the reader will find such things as the wizened beauty of an old woman tending her garden, descents through the grave's loamy underworld, and the phoenix-like bursting of a bush into flame.
Ossuary is not only a close collaboration between two artists, it is also an example of interstitial art—hybrid art which crosses the lines between different mediums and draws upon elements of each. It is ultimately an exploration into the beauty of death, a life process that has for too long been viewed with suspicion and terror in the West.
Released in e-book form from Cat's Eye Publishing on Christmas 2005 this chap book showcases poetry Vanderhooft wrote while living and working in Louisville, Kentucky. Currently out of print, please email for the author for more information.
Litany on an Unfilled Tooth
Mort ex Machina
Desert Songs
From sentient deserts to railroad workers and Mormon Pioneers, Vanderhooft examines what it means to live, work and love in Utah. (Cross Cultural Communications autumn, 2006)
The Dutch in Utah
Come, Come Ye Saints
Published by Mythic Delirium, The Minotaur's Last Letter to His Mother was a limited edition of 30 copies. It has sold out.
Individual Poems:
Helen, Jabberwocky 1
Miranda, Jabberwocky 2
Danse Macabre, Star*Line, voted editor's choice for September/October 2005, nominated for the 2006 Rhysling AwardAward
Joan, Star*Line, nominated for the 2006 Rhysling Award, Honorable Mention in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 2005
Leontes and Hermione, Star*Line
The Tale of the River in the Desert, Star*Line, nominated for the 2007 Rhysling Award
In Human/Cyborg Relations, It's Always the Little Things, Star*Line
The Witches' Sabbath, Star*Line
Portrait of a Girl in Dress and Boots, Star*Line, voted editor's choice for January/Februray 2007
The Tale of the Sands, Star*Line, May/June 2007
Buried Girl, Star*Line, September/October 2007
The Frozen City, Star*Line, November/December 2007
Two Rivers, Mythic Delirium, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006
A Sleep of Salt and Sand, Mythic Delirium
Gleipnir Diaries, Mythic Delirium
Dissecting Ophelia, MYTHIC
The Tale of the Desert that Vanished Inside Her, MYTHIC 2, honorable mention, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 2006
The Tale of the Desert in the Rain, Sybil's Garage, Issue #3
Flesh Into Sand, Sybil's Garage, Issue #4
Friday's Promise, The Seventh Quarry, January 2007
Epistle to a Girl Long Dead, The Seventh Quarry, (forthcoming)
Monarch, The Seventh Quarry, January 2007
Mary, Goblin Fruit, Summer, 2006
Lear's Fool, Goblin Fruit, Fall, 2006
Elise, Goblin Fruit, Winter, 2006
Handless Came the Maiden, Goblin Fruit, Winter, 2006
Glass and Ashes, Goblin Fruit, Spring, 2007
The Woodsman, Goblin Fruit, Summer, 2007
Snake Gifts, Goblin Fruit, Summer, 2007
Drab Grandmothers, Goblin Fruit, Summer, 2007
Little Tricks, Goblin Fruit, Summer, 2007
The Sailor's Daughter, Goblin Fruit, Summer, 2007
The Explorer's Daughter, Goblin Fruit, (forthcoming, 2007)
Death Enters a Mother's Service, Goblin Fruit, (forthcoming, 2007)
Emilia and Iago, Not One of Us, 2006
La Sirena, Not One of Us, 2007
Dame Ragnelle Takes a Husband, Cabinet des Fées
How a Tree Transforms, Cabinet des Fées
Helena and Demetrius, Aoife's Kiss, March, 2007
Ariadne's Lament, Aoife's Kiss, December, 2007
Pluto Contemplates His Next Career, Helix, nominated for the 2006 Rhysling Award, Winter, 2006,
Contemplations of the Clock Woman, Helix, Summer, 2007
Ugly, Full Unit Hookup, (forthcoming)
Dreams and Nightmares, Full Unit Hookup
Penelope the Loom, Full Unit Hookup, (forthcoming)
A Face Conceiled, a Face Revealed,Hadrosaur Tales, September, 2007
The Sea Wife, Magazine of Speculative Poetry, (orthcoming, 2008)
Down in the Cellar, Magazine of Speculative Poetry,
The Sandman, Magazine of Speculative Poetry, December, 2007
Otesanek, Grendel Song
Witch and Princess, Grendel Song
A Song of Stone and Wind, Grendel Song
The Last Desert You Will Ever See, Grendel Song
When the Desert Wakes Up, Grendel Song
On the Necessity of Rain in a Dry Season, Xelas Magazine, (forthcoming)
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