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After her divorce in 1997, Olds started writing a series of poems relating the different phases of grief and denial. There are reminders of love and romance, and the constant battle between her mind and heart results in her questioning herself. [2] The poems trace the last year of the marriage, and then the year after. [3]
In the poem “Painted Tongue,” Byas writes: “We twist and turn in the mirror,/ my mother and I becoming each other,/ her bruises and scars passed down,/ family heirlooms that will take/ me ...
Poem 68 is a complex elegy written by Catullus, who lived in the 1st century BCE during the time of the Roman Republic. This poem addresses common themes of Catullus' poetry such as friendship, poetic activity, love and betrayal, and grief for his brother.
The poems were written in 1997, following the divorce from her husband of 29 years. The poems focus on her husband, and even sometimes his mistress. The collection won the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. [20] She is the first American woman to win this award. [20] It also won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. [21]
The poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus was written towards the end of the Roman Republic in the period between 62 and 54 BC.. The collection of approximately 113 poems includes a large number of shorter epigrams, lampoons, and occasional pieces, as well as nine long poems mostly concerned with marriage.
Profile and poems of Yusef Komunyakaa, including audio files, at the Poetry Foundation. Biography at ibiblio; Views on Poetry Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine; Biography; Profile and poems at Poets.org; Video of Yusef's reading, 3/09/09, at the Boston Court Theatre in Pasadena, CA, as featured on Poetry.LA; Yusef Komunyakaa Papers ...
It's somehow already been a year since Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married, and J.Lo just hopped on Instagram to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with some unseen pics and a cute ...
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