"Poetry searches for radiance, poetry is the kingly road that leads us farthest" (Adam Zagajewski)
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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