Reading: Ode To The Walking Woman by Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi (b. 1975) is an Indian writer, dancer and journalist. I read a lyrical song inspired by a statue by Alberto Giacometti. Ode to the walking woman (After Alberto Giacometti ) Sit - you must be tired of walking, of losing yourself this way: a bronzed rib of exhaustion thinned out against the dark. ...
Reading: When A Woman Loves A Man by David Lehman
David Lehman (b. 1948) is a US poet, editor, critic. He teaches at The New School in New York City. Here you can find some biography. I read some stuff about relationships: When A Woman Loves A Man When she says Margarita she means Daiquiri. When she says quixotic she means mercurial. And when she ...
Reading: The drowned woman by Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes (1930-1998). British giant of poetry. Married twice with ladies who committed suicide, then a third time to live a quiet rural life until his death from cancer. Very prolific. Today I want to read this poem about a drowned woman, published 1957, six years before Plath's suicide at age thirty, which charges it ...