He ate and drank the precious Words
His Spirit grew robust
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: books, defiance, Emily Dickinson, liberty, mystic, reading
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Free association
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In Mind 1
And there’s a
turbulent moon-ridden girl
or old woman, or both…
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Denise Levertov, gender, imagery, mythology, social commentary