Read this essay (and view the poems) on Substack! Topics discussed include: The Monumentalist Manifesto The Iron Lyre Bright Soft Things (Crashaw Essay) The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse trans. Christopher Childers Asclepiades 6 Zonas 9 Argentarius 26 Martial 5.73, 1.73, 3.65 "Prayer" by George Herbert "Cold Turkey" by Joshua Mehigan "Upon the Body of Our Blessed Lord, Naked and Bloody" by Richard Crashaw "To Our Lord, Upon the Water Made Wine," by Richard Crashaw "God is my F...