"Poetry searches for radiance, poetry is the kingly road that leads us farthest" (Adam Zagajewski)
Showing posts with label International Women's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Women's Day. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Poems for International Women's Day
Anna Akhmatova, portrait by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. 1922
People are writing all sorts of interesting things for International Women's Day. I thought, belatedly, that I would simply share a few poems that seem appropriate.
I COULD NOT TELL (Sharon Olds)
LADY LAZARUS (Sylvia Plath)
WILLOW (Anna Akhmatova, translated from Russian by Jennifer Reeser)
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