Excerpt from

The Pomegranate



The only legend I have ever loved is
the story of a daughter lost in hell.
And found and rescued there.
Love and blackmail are the gist of it.
Ceres and Persephone the names.
And the best thing about the legend is
I can enter it anywhere. And have.



Eavan Boland at The Academy of American Poets
 

Eavan Boland at Poetry Foundation


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