Nikky Finney Comments

Nikky Finney is the writer of the introduction to Jake's Baldwin's, 'Jimmy's Blues...' Her introduction is a force like a confluence of powerful rivers. He was brilliant and so is she. Her poems heal, denounce, explain, express.

What does aszimuth have to do with the cohosh past? A help with anatomical placement?

I've listened to Duaghters of Azimuth on the Audible version of the 1619. It is very haunting but I have a very mundane questin: what is the blue substance the women seem to be inserting into one another? A contraceptive? An abortifacient?

Lindsay Foster, I like your comments on the poem-The Girl friend's Train.It gives insight to understand the poem more deeply.

The Girlfriends Train is a poem that honestly, ive never had such a heart pounding and jaw dropping experience during and after reading. Except for a few favorite poets of mine, this one poem has such an astonishing effect on two different sides of life that brings me to joy that these words were written. not only for the women like me with scars and understanding of abuse and all unjust pain, but also for women like me on another note, that was able to open my eyes to another pain I'll never, ever know being a Caucasian Woman, But I've always wanted to say we're different because of unfortunate circumstances but exactly the same in every other single way. Thank you! I hope this poem reaches every precious girl, woman and survivors!