A Poem For Women About Middle Age
Have you ever read something that touched you deep where you live? I did today. It came from an email - an unlikely source, you might think, but not when you consider the email came from “The Borzoi Reader,” Random House’s online literature publication. The poem is about being a woman and coming to middle age.
The name of the poem is “Boat,” and it is by Deborah Digges. I, of course, had to research her a bit and I have all of her books on my wishlist! This is the kind of poet that makes you want to go back to college and pick up another degree - this time in literature.
The poem “Boat,” explores the feelings of facing middle-age with young mothers surrounding, in lines such as, “Once they looked back to show me myself at fifty,
frightening to them, not yet recognizable…” The last line was, to me, absolutely breaktaking and she observed her 50+ years by considering her, “brilliant, trivial unmooring.”
“Boats” A Poem by Deborah Digges
More Poems from Deborah Digges
[…] I also found a beautiful poem and poet online today. I want to read all of her work. Rarely am I so impressed with poetry, but I just love this poem. It is called “Boat,” and I think any woman 50 or older would see herself in this poem. I am so looking forward to reading her books and you can bet I’ll share my thoughts on them. She is a truly gifted artist - what she does with words makes me quite envious. […]
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