Earth on Earth

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By Bin Ramke

Summary

Earth on Earth presents poems that deeply engage with the physicality and peril of the earth. Inspired by the thousand-year-old poem “Earth Took of Earth” and created alongside ecologist-ceramicist Mia Mulvey, these poems translate emotional and personal connections to the earth, exploring damage and consolation alike. The collection contemplates the powerful elemental presence of earth in phenomena like the scent of wet soil, encouraging a reconsideration of hope by focusing on 'earth on earth' rather than 'heaven on earth.'
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This collection will resonate with readers who appreciate thoughtful, philosophical poetry and those interested in the intersection of art, ecology, and sensory experience. It is well suited to admirers of lyric poetry with a reflective, contemplative nature and anyone drawn to ecopoetry and explorations of materiality.

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Poems that personally engage with the materiality and danger of earth.

A kind of translation of the thousand-year-old poem “Earth Took of Earth,” this book is an attempt to restate in personal, emotional terms a sense of both the danger of and the consolation given by earth itself. Many of these poems arose during a collaboration with the ecologist-ceramicist Mia Mulvey: her work with earth, clay often extruded through digitally guided machinery, echoes Ramke’s attempts to understand damages done to and celebrate the facts of earth—for instance, that geosmin, the scent of wet soil, is so powerfully recognisable even in trace amounts.

The title of this book is also a play on the phrase “heaven on earth,” turning this idea around and encouraging us to instead turn our hopes toward Earth on Earth.

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Critics acclaim Earth on Earth for its philosophical lyricism and sonic sophistication. Andrew Joron praises Ramke’s work as a Lucretian meditation echoing poetic giants like Rilke and Stevens, highlighting its intricate sound and syntax that evoke profound emotional and intellectual engagement. Reviews note the collection's metaphysical musicality and rich allusions, inviting readers into a heightened sensory and cognitive experience that interweaves fact and imagination.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632430991

Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 October 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Omnidawn Publishing

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 166g

Pages: 104

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Arts & Culture Bin Ramke Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Bin Ramke is the author of twelve books, most recently Light Wind Light Light and Missing the Moon. He was editor of the Denver Quarterly for twenty years and has taught at Columbus State University in Georgia, the University of Denver, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He continues to write, teach, and live in Denver.