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Poetry Fridays: Festival Poet Sharon Olds
August 23, 2010Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Through nine collections of poems, Sharon Olds has turned an unflinching eye toward the ecstasies and sorrows of living in the human body. Every stage of life is meticulously observed and explored: childhood, adolescence and … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Sharon Olds
August 7, 2009Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry If the word “ode” summons up strains of Beethoven or lines from the English Romantics, listen to Sharon Olds’ “Ode to a Composting Toilet” and “Ode to a Tampon” for a brief introduction to how … Continue reading
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Tagged Elemental Odes, Ode to a Composting Toilet, Ode to a Tampon, One Secret Thing, Pablo Neruda, Sharon Olds, Strike Sparks
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