Published on Academy of American Poets (https://poets.org)
Out of fiery contacts . . . Rushing auras of steel Touching and whirled apart . . . Out of the charged phallases Of iron leaping Female and male, Complete, indivisible, one, Fused into light.
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Lola Ridge
Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.