Minerva Jones

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This poem was included in the original 1915 edition. 

I AM Minerva, the village poetess,
Hooted at, jeered at by the Yahoos of the street
For my heavy body, cock-eye, and rolling walk,
And all the more when "Butch" Weldy
Captured me after a brutal hunt.
He left me to my fate with Doctor Meyers;
And I sank into death, growing numb from the feet up,
Like one stepping deeper and deeper into a stream of ice.
Will some one go to the village newspaper,
And gather into a book the verses I wrote?--
I thirsted so for love
I hungered so for life!
 

Older Comments:

Jesicablache , about 1 year ago

this poem is good, weird and creepy all at the same time :(

 

Kon , about 1 year ago

Obviously, Minerva fell to the hands of a man and found her in a 'delicate' position. Dying at the termination of said delicate position by Doctor Meyers. One of my favorites, and one of the most haunting.

 

Kim , 8 months ago

I love this poem. I had to act it out for a class and it's so powerful. My favorite of them all perhaps.

 
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