Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Srikanth Reddy

 


Poet Srikanth Reddy reads from and discusses his work during a Bagley Wright Lecture Series event hosted by the Poetry and Literature Center, September 10, 2015. Photo by Shawn Miller.


Underworld Lit



 

XIV

Please print clearly and remember your name.

 

1) The river of fire, in ancient Greek thanatopography, feeds into the river of _____________.

 

2) From the river of pain spring two rivers—the river of _____________ and the river of _____________.

 

3) The river of _____________ runs a separate course entirely, concealed inside the Greek word for truth.

 

4) At the sight of sinners approaching, the _____________ seethes “like butter in a frying pan.”

 

5) _____________ is the Sanskrit river of ash.

 

6) As the sun god Ra floats down the river of the hidden chamber, his head is exchanged for that of a _____________.

 

7) Those for whom much lamentation is made find the _____________ swollen with tears and difficult to cross.

 

8) To our knowledge, the river of _____________ has no name.

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