very moving poems, particularly infancy. i love the smart use of line cuts. like the other commenters i love this line:
Is death a kind of infancy?
The dead cannot speak either.
it is just so hard-hitting. i also loved "he looks like a shadow of Disney's Gaston". as a millennial who grew up obsessed with all the Disney princesses, i totally got that! and
The babies scream when their mothers turn
away for a moment—primal fear of loss.
and
My father accuses me of being stiff
which is to say he does not like me with boundaries.
What a batch of poems! 'Is a dead woman good?' That question from 'Girl' hovers over all of them. my favorite of the group is 'Ovine Triptych.' 'Every ovine has a sun inside, but sheep shine / their light unfiltered.' 'Watch my horns curl all around me. I forged them out of the whitest flame.' 'My horns grow outward toward infinity.'
very moving poems, particularly infancy. i love the smart use of line cuts. like the other commenters i love this line:
Is death a kind of infancy?
The dead cannot speak either.
it is just so hard-hitting. i also loved "he looks like a shadow of Disney's Gaston". as a millennial who grew up obsessed with all the Disney princesses, i totally got that! and
The babies scream when their mothers turn
away for a moment—primal fear of loss.
and
My father accuses me of being stiff
which is to say he does not like me with boundaries.
incredible stuff!
What a batch of poems! 'Is a dead woman good?' That question from 'Girl' hovers over all of them. my favorite of the group is 'Ovine Triptych.' 'Every ovine has a sun inside, but sheep shine / their light unfiltered.' 'Watch my horns curl all around me. I forged them out of the whitest flame.' 'My horns grow outward toward infinity.'
"Is death a kind of intimacy?" This line stays with me.
Quite a couplet.
"Like stones I skipped a grade and then another.
When a skipped stone slows it quickly sinks."
I loved those lines too!
Oh ok I didn't know I needed to cry today. Thank you for these.
Highly recommend a good cry within three days of any full moon!
You’re very welcome, Jo!🌻