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Solid as well water - Sharon Olds "Earliest Memory"

Measure the force of the blow - Sharon Olds "Not Once"

Able to be struck by the earth - Sharon Olds "Not Once"

the alphabet was not just theirs - Sharon Olds "Ode of Girls' Things"

struck you with wonder - Sharon Olds "Song to Gabriel Hirsch"

in the grip of a fierce brightness - Sharon Olds "Song to Gabriel Hirsch"

your hand on the shoulder of the wild - Sharon Olds "Song to Gabriel Hirsch"

The moon and sun going down together - Sharon Olds "Suddenly"

Not telling a lie for anyone - Sharon Olds "Suddenly"

Hard ground and hard sky - Sharon Olds "Take the I Out"

A forest of felled iron - Sharon Olds "Take the I Out"

At the narrow window of a song - Sharon Olds "The Task of Naming Me"

A rich and enduring night - Sharon Olds "The Task of Naming Me"

Carried her rage unknown - Sharon Olds "Visiting My Mother’s College"

Our voices race to the towers - Sharon Olds "Voices"

Dreaming a map of the globe - Sharon Olds "Voices"

Unfolded into the hard truths - Sharon Olds "Voices"

Past the mirrors and night windows - Sharon Olds "Wonder as Wander"

A luna moth in a chambered cage - Sharon Olds "Wonder as Wander"


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