Gilgamesh Retold by Jenny Lewis Becky Charriman the poems in Jane Commane’s

the poems in Jane Commane’s first book-length collection re-assemble the landscape

completed this modern poetry trilogy

‘These poems are worn on the body

the symphony blends the machine’s body and the garden

and even threaten

Gilgamesh Retold by Jenny Lewis Becky Charriman the poems in Jane Commane’sJenny 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