Poems which focus on human warmth, compassion and life-affirming qualities Tam O’Shanter - though apparently a moral lesson on the dangers of drink, the poem is full of the joys of conviviality ...

Ostriker (The Volcano Sequence) opens this cycle of persona poems with a quote from Gertrude Stein: “A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.” Each poem ...