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A Pony on the Waves
- Colorado Review
- Center for Literary Publishing
- Volume 47, Number 3, Fall/Winter 2020
- p. 91
- 10.1353/col.2020.0084
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
"A Pony on the Waves" shows the surreal nature of extreme grief. Written in the language of impossibilities, it portrays the loss of a loved one as something that cannot possibly be lived through, but has to be. Water is a central image, as are a strange pony and a gull.