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Magdalene: Poems
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Magdalene imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape— hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to the news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of Magdalene yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning, she is a woman striving to be the subject of he…
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- Author: Marie Howe
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 96
- ISBN: 9780393285314
- ISBN-10: 0393285316
- ISBN-13: 9780393285314
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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Magdalene imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape— hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to the news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of Magdalene yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning, she is a woman striving to be the subject of her own life, fully human and alive to the sacred in the mortal world.FROM “BEFORE THE BEGINNING”
Was I ever virgin?
Did someone touch me before I could speak?
Who had me before I knew I was an I?
So that I wanted that touch again and again
Without knowing why or who or from whence it came?
- Author: Marie Howe
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 96
- ISBN: 9780393285314
- ISBN-10: 0393285316
- ISBN-13: 9780393285314
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
Magdalene imagines the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as a woman who embodies the spiritual and sensual, alive in a contemporary landscape— hailing a cab, raising a child, listening to the news on the radio. Between facing the traumas of her past and navigating daily life, the narrator of Magdalene yearns for the guidance of her spiritual teacher, a Christ figure, whose death she continues to grieve. Erotic, spirited, and searching for meaning, she is a woman striving to be the subject of her own life, fully human and alive to the sacred in the mortal world.
FROM “BEFORE THE BEGINNING”
Was I ever virgin?
Did someone touch me before I could speak?
Who had me before I knew I was an I?
So that I wanted that touch again and again
Without knowing why or who or from whence it came?
FROM “BEFORE THE BEGINNING”
Was I ever virgin?
Did someone touch me before I could speak?
Who had me before I knew I was an I?
So that I wanted that touch again and again
Without knowing why or who or from whence it came?
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