Title: The wellspring
Subtitle: poems
First published: 1996
Description: Sharon Olds's dazzling new collection is a sequence of poems that reaches into the very well-spring of life. The poems take us back to the womb, and from there on to childhood, to a searing sexual awakening, to the shock of childbirth, to the wonder and humor of parenthood - and, finally, to the depths of adult love. Always bold, musical, honest, these poems plunge us into the essence of experience. This is a highly charged, beautifully organized collection from one of the finest poets writing today.
Subjects: American Women poets, Families, Motherhood, Poetry, Human Life cycle, Women authors, American poetry, Sexual behavior, Mother and child, Women, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
LC classification: PS3565.L34 W44 1996