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The Prohibition
Poem by John Donne. One of the seventeenth-century metaphysical poets, Donne wrote often, and often wittily, about matters of the heart, spirit, and body. This poem, written as an admonition to the lover at the end of a relationship, expresses the frustrating ambivalence of both loving and hating the former beloved. Donne's familiar twists and turns of thought—which may seem at first to work against themselves as they embody the paradox—are well-represented by the magic purse structure of this book. The book opens to reveal the first four panels and two stanzas of the poem: "Take heed of loving me," the one begins, "Take heed of hating me," advises the other in what might appear to be a single spread book. But close the back cover and the fore edge opens to reveal the resolution stanza, hidden till now. Illustrated with anatomical drawings of the human heart and arteries. Letterpress and monoprint. Wirebound, paper over board flexagon. Edition of 15. (6 x 8 inches.)
$200
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Cover, The Prohibition, P.S. Press.
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