THE ROSE by Ariana Reines Harvard University Press O’Callaghan’s poems are usually short

O’Callaghan’s poems are usually short

And yet that mind is full of its own fierce and funny voice

Frédérick Chopin and Elizabeth Bishop

or the low-key but profound culmination of a forty-year love

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THE ROSE by Ariana Reines Harvard University Press O’Callaghan’s poems are usually shortFury is very lustful A body concealing its heart's desire Has a certain texture A tang or an edge if you will That the openhearted cannot match & when exactly does the deceitful Heart open? At climax. "from 'The Hanged Man' The Rose navigates the intersection of power and surrender. Drawing on the history of 'romance' as the troubadours knew it, and the titular flower's ancient allegories for sexuality and mystery, award winning poet Ariana Reines