Tag: Dorothea Herbert
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A Celebration of Irish Women Poets on Bloomsday 2013
Rebecca O’Connor Domestic Bliss I place a jug of lavender on the table to mask the smell of mould from under the fridge while you draw nails to hammer with your fist. Then I draw a hammer , and watch as you try to lift it from the page. by day it’s…
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“Introspections, the Poetry and Private World of Dorothea Herbert” by Frances Finnegan
The Rights Of Woman, Or Fashions for the Year 93 – being the Era of Women’s literally wearing the Breeches. – Health and Fraternity ! Whilst man is so busy asserting his Rights Shall Woman lie still without gaining new lights Our sex have been surely restrain’d enough By stiff prudish Dress and such old fahion’d…