The Gnostic Hotel
A Book by Robert DiNapoli
A selection of poems exploring spirit and matter
The Gnostic Hotel
Littlefox Press, December 2021
The poems of The Gnostic Hotel explore the intersections of spirit and matter that constitute both the world at large and the human presence it sustains. Traditional mythology, metaphysical speculation and personal reminiscence trade places in unpredictable combinations:
. . . check-out time
indefinitely delayed till we recall
just where we left that missing set of keys.
To be published by Littlefox Press in December 2021
The Gnostic Hotel Launch
On 7 July we finally held the Covid-delayed launch of The Gnostic Hotel online. Here is a link to a recording of the Zoom session, introduced by my publisher Christine Mathieu and the poet Richard Wrigley, in which I read key pieces from the book.
— Robert DiNapoli
The Dark Glass
Reading Old English Riddles
Robert translates and analyses Old English riddles highlighting the poetic depth of mundane and abstract subjects and the complex relationship between perception and understanding.
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