"greening in the dark"
Roethke, Guernsey, Sexton, Porter, Frears
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Theodore Roethke:
Bruce Guernsey:
Anne Sexton:
Anne Porter:
Ella Frears:
In one of her letters Sexton writes how she likes to end with a tight end rhyme. It works. And today's moss makes me want to be in a winter forest. Poetry transports.
The Anne Sexton taught me something new. Ugh. And the Ella Frears is a gut punch.