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Comment 5 of 5, added on December 31st, 2007 at 12:32 AM.
Of course the themes of the poem are relevant to anybody who's ever loved
anybody. But the fact that it's a female narrator addressing another female
is hugely significant because representing lesbian sexual experience is
still a radical act in the tradition of western literature. This poem does
it beautifully.
eleanor from United Kingdom
Comment 4 of 5, added on March 1st, 2007 at 3:33 PM.
I do not see that it matters at all that it is a woman writing to or about
another woman. Kirsty Gunn in her article in the Guardian24/02, through
which I came to Adrienne Rich, talks about her love for her children using
the same images "my own breath against their soft necks". I am an old man
now, and glad to say that I have loved a woman, and my kids, with the same
irreplaceable hot joy. My life is worth living just to have felt that.
PC
Patrick Cogswell from United Kingdom
Comment 3 of 5, added on January 21st, 2006 at 8:47 AM.
As a lesbian reading this poem, it means so much. The language is so
powerful, and as I read I could be, I am, the narrator, making love on a
winter afternoon with the woman I love.
Hayley from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 5, added on September 29th, 2005 at 6:01 AM.
This is the first poem by Rich that i've read and i must say, it's quite
surprising - i know a little bit about her life through discovering Anne
Sexton and i had no idea that she was a lesbian (i'm assuming she is from
this poem, please correct me if this assumption is inaccurate).
Linnea from Australia
Comment 1 of 5, added on August 2nd, 2005 at 12:07 AM.
Nice... this poem is like a faded memory
Meeghan from Australia
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Of course the themes of the poem are relevant to anybody who's ever loved
anybody. But the fact that it's a female narrator addressing another female
is hugely significant because representing lesbian sexual experience is
still a radical act in the tradition of western literature. This poem does
it beautifully.
eleanor from United Kingdom