Honeymoon Palsy
Honeymoon Palsy by Juliana Gray, published by Measure Press in 2017, is a collection of poetry that spans 75 pages. This edition presents a series of poems that delve into themes of death, history, and myth, blending the personal with the public. The work is characterized by a dark and often witty tone, exploring complex subjects such as art, desire, marriage, and mortality.
Readers will encounter a central series that intertwines elements of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with elegies for Gray’s father, who passed away unexpectedly. The poems reflect on the interplay between life and death, using humor to navigate the weight of loss. Through her exploration, Gray invites contemplation on the human experience, emphasizing the shared reality of waiting for life’s inevitable moments.
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“Make no bones about it,” Chelsea Rathburn writes: “Juliana’s Gray’s dark and dangerous third collection is preoccupied with death.” The sometimes macabre, often witty poems of Honeymoon Palsy move through history and myth, the public and the personal, culminating in a central series combining Hamlet with elegies for Gray’s father, who died suddenly the day after his second wedding. In poems about art, desire, marriage, and murder, Gray leavens mortality with wry humor, reminding readers that we all are “waiting to feel the catch / of some great, unbearable hook.”
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