I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.
–Sharon Olds
What She Said, July 30: Sharon Olds
What She Said, July 29: May Sarton
Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it.
–May Sarton
What She Said, July 28: Ellen Bass
It’s a hard time to be human. We know too much and too little.
–Ellen Bass
What She Said, July 27: Ilyse Kusnetz
Sometimes time is like watching whales
breach fearless with instinct and practice,
as you and I learned to be
day by day, moment inside moment―
moving toward each other like memory
passed one body to another.
―Ilyse Kusnetz
(from the poem, “Sometimes Time”)
What She Said, July 25: Adrienne Rich
She died a famous woman denying
her wounds
denying
her wounds came from the same source as her power
―Adrienne Rich
(from the poem, “Power”)
The Gloria Sirens 