M.N.: So Feminine and so Jewish: the American Poet Louise Glück. And so seemingly simple, everyone can understand this Poetry. Here are some excerpts.

M.N.: So Feminine and so Jewish: the American Poet Louise Glück. And so seemingly simple, everyone can understand this Poetry. Here are some excerpts.

Louise Glück

Oh my brothers and sisters, 
were you like me once, long ago, 
before you were human? Did you 
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never 
open again? Because in truth 
I am speaking now 
the way you do. I speak 
because I am shattered. 

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Louise Glück