Gilgamesh Retold by Jenny Lewis Becky Charriman completed this modern poetry trilogy

completed this modern poetry trilogy

from ‘My Dog’

The reflection on historical time leads the poet to the reality of “the pain of the world

and even threaten

the symphony blends the machine’s body and the garden

Gilgamesh Retold by Jenny Lewis Becky Charriman completed this modern poetry trilogyJenny Lewis relocates Gilgamesh to its earlier, oral roots in a Sumerian society where men and women were more equal, the reigning deity of Gilgameshs city, Uruk, was female (Inanna), only women were allowed to brew beer and keep taverns and women had their own language emesal. With this shift of emphasis, Lewis captures the powerful allure of the worlds oldest poem and gives it a fresh dynamic while creating a fastpaced narrative for a new generation