Yet another recommendation / Patriarchy Blues, by Rena Priest

"... to trade the sweetness of

transient pleasures for the steady sweetness

of your own voice.  To be destroyed,

and rebuilt by songs.

(from the poem titled "Toward a Beautiful Flare of Ruin," by Rena Priest

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Next on my list of books to read:

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through, by Joy Harjo