Books like Blood, tin, straw by Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds divides this collection into five sections—"Blood," "Tin," "Straw," "Fire," and "Light"—each comprising fourteen poems that draw from the imagery of a single element. The poems explore ordinary moments in time, weaving between past and present to suggest the making of a soul cleansed by blood, forged by fire, and suffused by light. Olds confronts both the ecstatic and the brutal sides of a woman’s experience, transforming her subjects with an alchemy of language that is at once casual, startling, fierce and transcendent.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Sharon Olds
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