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Maggie Nelson Poems

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
The spirit of Jane 
lives on in you,
my mother says

trying to describe
who I am. I feel like the girl
in the late-night movie

who gazes up in horror
at the portrait of
her freaky ancestor

as she realizes 
they wear the same
gaudy pendant

round their necks.
For as long as I can
remember, my grandfather

has made the same slip:
he sits in his kitchen,
his gelatinous blue eyes

fixed on me....Read more of this...
by Nelson, Maggie




Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry