Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARIA MINOR, by MARGARET AVISON Poet's Biography First Line: I conceived. And sorrow Last Line: To mash my head. Subject(s): Birth; Conception; Grief; Child Birth; Midwifery; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
I conceived. And Sorrow Stirred within the womb. My loins were pushed asunder To make Adam room. We met on the blonde uplands That overlook the sea And swift did Adam's navel Blot out my agony. The East is far and weary. The thrush's young are fed. I go down among the leaf mould To mash my head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS NEVERNESS, OR THE ONE SHIP BEACHED ON ONE FAR DISTANT SHORE by MARGARET AVISON |
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