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  • Poetry Unpacked: On Addiction

    Poetry Unpacked: On Addiction

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    Holly Leary
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    COLLAPSING GEOMETRIES (Click link for poem) “Sleepmonger, deathmonger, with capsules in my palms each night, eight at a time from sweet pharmaceutical bottles.” — Anne Sexton, “The Addict” Poetry Unpacked:  On Addiction  Anne Sexton’s phrasing – Sleepmonger – Deathmonger: her words feel like blood on my tongue. There is no romance in them, and no metaphor…

  • Collapsing Geometries

    Collapsing Geometries

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    Holly Leary
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    The poem “Collapsing Geometries” explores the destructive impact of significant male figures in the speaker’s life. It depicts a struggle with intense emotions, likening relationships to gravitational forces that distort reality and devour hope, ultimately leading to a sense of fragmentation and loss of self within chaotic dynamics.