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Author's note: (Philosopher Abelard was castrated as punishment for seducing Heloise, a brilliant young intellectual woman. He then renounced their sexual love for the love of God, and required her to do the same.)
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Epigraph: If only the suffering heart were as ready to obey as the writer's hand. - The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, trans. C. K. Scott-Moncrieff
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1 : Plaint
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"Fed on letters instead",
2011
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poetry
— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 40-41) -
'Some Sweet Semblance of Yourself'
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"Shed like snakeskin, a rigid line",
2011
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poetry
— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 41-42) -
'Beyond All Bounds'
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"For all your learning you hardly knew",
2011
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poetry
— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 42-43) -
Refractory
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"You can't put me back",
2011
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— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 43-44) -
Removal
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"Miles you have put between us",
2011
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— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 44-45) -
'Ad Vulcania Loca'
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"God knows I would not have hesitated, at your command,",
2011
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poetry
— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 45-46) -
Meretrix/Imperatrix
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"I am the other woman to his Wife",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Argument : Poems 2011; (p. 46)
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