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Understory, and: Deer in Winter
- Colorado Review
- Center for Literary Publishing
- Volume 47, Number 3, Fall/Winter 2020
- pp. 3-5
- 10.1353/col.2020.0089
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
In the poem, "deer in winter," the speaker is burdened by the triage of self, other, and landscape during a time of emotional misunderstanding.
In the poem, "understory," the speaker navigates desire and intimacy despite the past's irreparable trauma.