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One Hundred Great Poems by Women by Carolyn Kizer

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5.0

It's been so long since I read poetry, and it was so refreshing to sit down with some poems tonight. It reminded me of Dead Poet Society meetings with my friends in high school. I loved many of the poems in this book, but I particularly loved how some of the oldest poems--from the seventeenth and eighteenth century--made me feel so connected with women of the past, as opposed to feeling the distance of time and changing styles.
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