Poetry and Suicide

Sharon Olds' "New Mother" is about a woman who has just given birth, and who is describing a sexual encounter with her husband...

"The Colossus", by Sylvia Plath, is a poem that I am not sure if I understand. The poem, in the literal sense, is about her buildi...

Lady Lazarus, by Sylvia Plath, is a poem about the female narrator coming back from the dead, like Lazarus in the bible. Unlinke Lazarus, ho...

The Japanese Wife, by Charles Bukowski, is an ode to Japanese women, and the narrator's Japanese wife. He describes these Japenese women...

First Kiss, by Kim Addonizio, is a poem about a woman kissing an individual for the first time. It isn't the first time the woman has ki...

The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter, by Ezra Pound, is a story about a growing relationship between the female narrator and her eventual...

The Flea, by John Donne, tells of a husband trying to have sexual relations with his wife. To make his point as to why they should have thes...