The Whalers and Their Women Their world—tar and brine, ropesand rigging—man-sweat and man-groans–they give their ships female namesto command them,but the sea controls all from her water-wombwhere we are birthed,and we women—wives, widows,spinsters, seducedand left, we know. We hear the sea call, too,She whispers to us,flint-sharpens our curves,salt-cures usto dry our hearts for what always […]
The Whalers and Their Women
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