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Original Love: Poems by Peacock, Molly, 1947-; ProQuest Information and Learning Company is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>fiercely Intimate In Its History And Fiercely Formal In Its Measures, This Major New Collection By Molly Peacock, Her Fourth, Shows The Poet At The Height Of Her Powers. Using Her Trademark Rhymes, Characteristic Humor, And Daring Sexual And Psychological Openness, Peacock's Poems Intertwine At Least Four Types Of Original Love: A Narrative Of Meeting Again And Marrying In Midlife; The Tangled Knot Of Mother/daughter Love; A Quest For The Spiritual; And Finally A Vibrant Love Of The Self, Triumphantly Recovered After Childhood Abuse.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>peacock (take Heart) Moves Away From Her Well-crafted Formal Poems, Many Virtually Indistinguishable From Those Of A Dozen Other Poets, To Speak Here In A Voice Uniquely Her Own. Explicit Eroticism Rivals That Of Sharon Olds, While The Angst Welling Up In Some Innocent Rhymes Echoes Sylvia Plath's ``daddy.'' As Peacock Says In A Poem Offering Instructions For Suicide: ``you Feel Pain,/ My Darling Thing, Because You Feel Warm.'' The Woman Narrating These Poems Hates Her Body And Its Demands As Much As She Hates Her Mother And Her Needs, Especially The Care Required By Her Parent In Her Dying. Frequent Sexual Referenc

Who reads Original Love: Poems?

Author

Peacock, Molly, 1947-; ProQuest Information and Learning Company

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393314663

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

3.83 / 5 (39 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14