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a thin and tangled poison. and could it still be possible, full and disheveled, hissing into the night, never growing old, waiting always for you on the porch ... year after year, my carrot, my cabbage, I would have possessed you before all women, calling your name, calling you mine. It seems as though it is saying that some women may have no choice, but to abort, and it is not because they do not love their “children,” but for reasons outside their control. Will you be the David or the Susan? We have the power to embrace ourselves for who we are and we can be empowered individually and as a whole. of the body as well as of the calendar. This time I hunt for death, Sexton is one of the first poets to openly write about abortion, which even today is an incredibly controversial topic. the stalk and the puppy’s breath. One of the most popular poets of mid-20th century America, Sexton’s impressive body of work continues to be widely read and debated by literary scholars and cultural critics alike. I feel the November He says, 'You sound like a minister,'" she says. somewhere the survivor bulging with life— the leg muscles from Michelangelo, they don’t fit into little Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. This poem has not been translated into any other language yet. I was thinking of a son. The womb is not a clock I feel the November. According to Diane Hume... and as always the earth is done with its harvest. If we have inadvertently included a copyrighted poem that the copyright holder does not wish to be displayed, we will take the poem down within 48 hours upon notification by the owner or the owner's legal representative (please use the contact form at http://www.poetrynook.com/contact or email "admin [at] poetrynook [dot] com"). Sexton’s poem “Menstruation at Forty.” In this poem her description of a menstruation cycle is more like the description of a miscarriage. It’s only an angel of the sun. speak of it! The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. hands from Yugoslavia There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day is repeated). "But you give it kind of a royal touch, when you read a poem, I think. "My husband hates the way I read poems. The poem seems to have multiple interpretations. Leave the door open on its hinges! The art of confessional poetry. As I come upon forty myself, I understand the magnificence of the phrase “November/of the body.” 6. and as always the earth is done with its harvest. David! It could be that by getting her period, it is a constant reminder that another chance to have children is gone and she is thinking about children that she is now too old to have or it could be that the menstruation makes her think of a miscarriage.

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