The Knot

by Alice Jones

The Knot is an extraordinary combination of lyricism, mythmaking, and an informed use of the language of medicine. We have had William Carlos Williams, the doctor-poet--now here is a woman, skilled at the same kind(s) of work, and with her own forceful voice. --Alicia Ostriker

72 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

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[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

messengers
permeate the pink
airiness of his lungs,
lodge there, coagulate further islands
of lung, clotting dark venous blood--
a flat black hen rustles noisy feathers,
settling into its last red nest.