This Sharpening
By Ellen Watson
2006
First Published
4.44
Average Rating
72
Number of Pages
Poetry. Vivid, propulsive, and compelling, Ellen Doré Watson's THIS SHARPENING maps with unflinching attention the unraveling of a marriage and the persistence of longing, the pain of loss and the persistence of pleasure in motherhood, and the stuff of everyday life—whether indulging fantasies of revenge, reveling in a child's kisses, or deconstructing a first date in 25 years. "Ellen Watson is an eloquent, passionate poet; tender, wildly inventive, with the wonder of childhood and a grown woman's comic sense. Watson's poetry is the real thing"—Robert Pinsky. "I am stupid with awe of Ellen Doré Watson. Reading her work does that to you, makes you a little drunk on the world, a little tipsy and stumble-tongued"—Claiborne Smith.
Avg Rating
4.44
Number of Ratings
16
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Ellen Watson
Author · 6 books
Ellen Doré Watson is an American poet, translator and teacher.
