pickI read this Jan 20-26 and gave it 4 ⭐️. It certainly has made me want to read more of Atwood‘s poetry. This book is almost 50 years old but it reads as if it was written yesterday. It‘s language is very concise, simple and powerful.
I first read this about 25 years ago, I think. I don‘t remember where I encountered it, but it‘s stuck with me ever since. #Hooked #PoetryMatters
"you fit into me / like a hook into an eye // a fish hook / an open eye"
"Returning from the dead / used to be something I did well // I began asking why / I began forgetting how"
-"They are hostile nations, 3"
I'm taking a short break from The Core of the Sun to read some Margaret Atwood instead.
"regrowing the body, learning
speech again takes
days and longer
each time / too much of
this is fatal"
pickEven 45 years (1971), this is a very telling set of poems for women
Power Politics: Poems | 
