Born from a many-years-long study of poetic form and constraint, Lisa Cooper compiled Hasty Corporeal Ink as an invitation for both novices and seasoned poets to experience poems of all different kinds with a fresh perspective. Hasty Corporeal Ink aims to articulate everyday life, death, and everything in between through the lens of form, all while staying rooted in the Christian tradition of truth, goodness, and beauty.
"Lisa Cooper's Hasty Corporeal Ink combines love for traditional and experimental form in poetry with her love for the Lord. Although the poems echo anonymous Old English poets, Hopkins, Cummings, and others, her thinking, imagery, and language remain fresh. Her work is a pleasure to read, ponder, and share with others." —A.M. JUSTER, poet and translator
"At once a dextrous exploration of the possibilities of poetic form and a compelling meditation on life, faith and being. Hasty Corporeal Ink invites the reader into a world both deeply personal and universal." —ANTHONY ETHERIN, author of Knit Ink (and Other Poems)