Adrienne Rich (16 May 1929 – 27 March 2012 / Baltimore, Maryland)
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A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
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Adrienne Rich
Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003
Edited: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Read poems about / on: metaphor, hair, red, pain, death, time
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A surrealist work that requires many readings. And I apologize for pigeon-holing it.
I had a few problems appreciating the beginning of this poem, but the ending is so powerful. So I made a point of reading it several times and focusing my mind (a rare event, being a bit scatterbrained) . And I find I do appreciate this poem in its entirety, though, I still consider the ending with that magnificent final line rather more spectacular.
Peace,
L&T
To do something very common, in my own way........said in a special deep manner here........hems
I'll get the hang of this one day. There's a crock of gold to be found I'm sure. I sense it but can't find it. I like enigmas. Well done