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The Spirit Papers

By Elizabeth Metzger
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By Elizabeth Metzger
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EXCERPT
All right, I'm a little afraid.
It's the zeroing in of All That Could
Possibly Go Wrong vs. Myself.
—"Small Talk with an Imagined Son"

The Spirit Papers explores the magical thinking that precedes impending and inevitable loss, the taboo fantasia that occurs in the crippling timelessness of anticipation. Grieving for the future with a spiritual clarity characterized by ritual and doubt, Metzger's lines are chameleons to every feeling. In the interminable window of expecting the une...

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PoetryAmerican Poetry21st Century American PoetryAmerican poetry->Women authors->21st centuryAmerican poetry->21st century