"Then re-filled with too much, I."
Vap, Zucker, Plath, Richardson, Kolchinsky, Porter
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Sarah Vap:
Rachel Zucker:
Sylvia Plath:
Rachel Richardson:
Julia Kolchinsky:
Anne Porter:
the complexity and depth of all these...oh my heart. these put to shame the simple arguments made by politicians about the desire to control female bodies.
The first poem gutted me. And the Zucker brought tears to my eyes. I always admire her lack of a neat ending, how life in all its complexity is reflected in her choices in the poems.