History by Jennifer Michael Hecht
History
Jennifer Michael HechtEven Eve, the only soul in all of time
to never have to wait for love,
must have leaned some sleepless nights
alone against the garden wall
and wailed, cold, stupified, and wild
and wished to trade-in all of Eden
to have but been a child.In fact, I gather that is why she leapt and fell from grace,
that she might have a story of herself to tell
in some other place.
MARGINALIA
Another argument about things I believe in. Why can’t I just be left alone. If we all think alike then what kind of world would it be?
ABOUT JENNIFER MICHAEL HECHT
Poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht earned a BA in history from Adelphi University and a PhD in the history of science from Columbia University. Her collections of poetry include the highly praised The Next Ancient World (2001), which won the Tupelo Press Judge’s Prize in Poetry, the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award, and ForeWord Review’s Poetry Book of the Year Award; Funny (2005), winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry; and Who Said… (more)
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