Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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Page 139
... child he dreams his mother , with an expression of sleep on her face , is carried into the room by three people with bird beaks and laid upon the bed . ) between the Egyptian steles a bas- relief of the death of Patroclus . ( He writes ...
... child he dreams his mother , with an expression of sleep on her face , is carried into the room by three people with bird beaks and laid upon the bed . ) between the Egyptian steles a bas- relief of the death of Patroclus . ( He writes ...
Page 168
... child . What child still in her ? Like the sunlight trapped in the leaf which becomes part of the ground , of the sea , the body of the fish , body of animal , soil , seed . What is growing inside and will pierce the surface , if she ...
... child . What child still in her ? Like the sunlight trapped in the leaf which becomes part of the ground , of the sea , the body of the fish , body of animal , soil , seed . What is growing inside and will pierce the surface , if she ...
Page 201
... child's wet body to her . Under the child's weight and heat , her own body is moist . On the top of her skull , she thinks , was a membrane . With her two hands she makes an opening in the body of her mind to reveal what is vulnerable ...
... child's wet body to her . Under the child's weight and heat , her own body is moist . On the top of her skull , she thinks , was a membrane . With her two hands she makes an opening in the body of her mind to reveal what is vulnerable ...
Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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