In Particular
Published in Poem Of The Day
What loin-cloth, what rag of wrong
Unpriced?
What turn of body, what of lust
Undiced?
So we've worshipped you a little
More than Christ.
About This Poem
"In Particular" was published in "The Book of Repulsive Women" (Guido Bruno, 1915).
About Djuna Barnes
Djuna Barnes was born on June 12, 1892, in Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. She is the author of the poetry collection "The Book of Repulsive Women" (Guido Bruno, 1915), among others, as well as the novel "Nightwood" (Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1937). She died on June 18, 1982.
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