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 149
... light- seconds . From the earth to the sun , eight light - minutes . The diameter of the whole solar system , he says , is not quite one half of a light- day . This is closeness , he says , this is intimacy . Distance , he says , is ...
... light- seconds . From the earth to the sun , eight light - minutes . The diameter of the whole solar system , he says , is not quite one half of a light- day . This is closeness , he says , this is intimacy . Distance , he says , is ...
Page 151
... light - years in diameter , are 160,000 light - years away . There may be , he suggests , nearly 1,000 , - 000,000 galaxies in this universe . And he tells her how all this began indifferently to her . He suggests there was an explosion ...
... light - years in diameter , are 160,000 light - years away . There may be , he suggests , nearly 1,000 , - 000,000 galaxies in this universe . And he tells her how all this began indifferently to her . He suggests there was an explosion ...
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... light , filled with light , with light , shuddering , you make me shudder , you make the movement of the earth come into me , you fill me , you fill me with sound , is that my voice crying out ? The sunlight in you is making my breath ...
... light , filled with light , with light , shuddering , you make me shudder , you make the movement of the earth come into me , you fill me , you fill me with sound , is that my voice crying out ? The sunlight in you is making my breath ...
Contents
MATTER | 5 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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