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 121
... tell him what is best even when he cannot understand why . They tell him what must be . Even though he cries They are unyielding . And even though he pleads with Them They say no . Even though he pleads until he feels his smallness ...
... tell him what is best even when he cannot understand why . They tell him what must be . Even though he cries They are unyielding . And even though he pleads with Them They say no . Even though he pleads until he feels his smallness ...
Page 195
... tell you our children were born helpless . We can tell you how we fed them and dressed them and how we watched . We can tell you of their infinite patience and of their scream- ing impatience . Of their struggle to learn . How they ...
... tell you our children were born helpless . We can tell you how we fed them and dressed them and how we watched . We can tell you of their infinite patience and of their scream- ing impatience . Of their struggle to learn . How they ...
Page 227
... telling , telling the light , the light . And she wrote , when I let this bird fly to her own purpose , when this ... tell you , you who are earth too , and listen as we speak to each other of what we know : the light is in us . NOTES ...
... telling , telling the light , the light . And she wrote , when I let this bird fly to her own purpose , when this ... tell you , you who are earth too , and listen as we speak to each other of what we know : the light is in us . NOTES ...
Contents
MATTER | 3 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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