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The Ladder
- Colorado Review
- Center for Literary Publishing
- Volume 48, Number 1, Spring 2021
- pp. 156-157
- 10.1353/col.2021.0036
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
The poem is a meditation on the reconciled differences between a mother, who grew up around the globe, and her daughter, who longs to leave home. The two women converge after the mother suffers an accident, and daughter realizes they share a core.