The Iconostasis of Anxiety by W. N. Herbert Bebe Ashley From the scary thought of

From the scary thought of panthers in the park to the unsettling scene of a new classroom

This selection of one of the Czech Republic’s most highly regarded living poets is excellently rendered into English by Jonathan Bolton

and his own future

Natalie Whittaker

The Iconostasis of Anxiety by W. N. Herbert Bebe Ashley From the scary thought ofW. N. Herberts new pamphlet illustrates his ongoing fascination with language, register, image, and the power of belief systems to engage the reader in some serious philosophical questions not necessarily in a serious fashion. It also continues the poets method of starting with a structure, then disrupting or disturbing it. In Greek Orthodoxy, the iconostasis is a screen of icons which separates the nave from the holy of holies. Instead of icons, the