Sarah Ward tells a vivid and emphatic description of her life, shaped by this idea of ‘womanhood’. She explores specifically what it means for her to grow into a powerful and forceful feminine figure.
This pamphlet was published under Commonword’s Tightfisted Poets series.
Extract from When Young
‘We are all Cleopatra bathing
In the milk of womanhood
Awaiting and disdaining in advance
The approach of every Antony.’
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