"When My Mother Returns as X" is a list poem that employs the pastoral lens to embody the dead mother. She returns in various reincarnations and the symbol "X" is the catalyst that propels her haunting. This poem originated in a packet exchange with poet and mentor, C. Dale Young, while I was a student in my third semester at Warren Wilson College's MFA Program for Writers. It was further revised as I moved through the program (with Christine Kitano and Sally Keith) and, years later, it became a central poem that helped unlock the overall structure and organization of my debut poetry collection, Landlock X.Sarah Audsley on "When My Mother Returns as X" |
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