Blood, Tin, Straw
Sharon Olds divides this new book into five sections - ''Blood'', ''Tin'', '' ''Straw'', '' ''Fire'' and ''Light'' - each made up of fourteen poems whose dominant imagery is drawn from one of these elements. The poems are rooted in different moments of an ordinary life and weave back and forth in time. Each section suggests the progression of the making of a soul cleansed by blood, forged by fire,...
Sharon Olds divides this new book into five sections - ''Blood'', ''Tin'', '' ''Straw'', '' ''Fire'' and ''Light'' - each made up of fourteen poems whose dominant imagery is drawn from one of these elements. The poems are rooted in different moments of an ordinary life and weave back and forth in time. Each section suggests the progression of the making of a soul cleansed by blood, forged by fire,...
