Having It Out With Melancholy Comments

When I was born, you waited behind a pile of linen in the nursery, and when we were alone, you lay down on top of me, pressing the bile of desolation into every pore. - ITALIAN: Quando nacqui, tu aspettavi dietro una pila di biancheria nella nursery, e quando eravamo soli, ti sdraiavi sopra di me, spremendo il fiele della disperazione in ogni poro.

An expansive, transparent honesty envelopes these wonderful words; great poem.

Jane's dialogue with depression carries a powerful message and as Wilhelmina Jenkins notes, should be read by anyone who has suffered from depression. I would like to add that it should also be read by those who do not suffer from depression, so clear is the picture she paints. On the flip-side, I love her poem 'Otherwise' as it describes in a moment of clarity the gratitude of which we all need to be reminded. lmg

A breathtaking insight into the pain of depression and the exhilleration when it finally lifts.Some experiences can only be communicated poetically, and Kenyon does a beautiful job here. Should be read by everyone whose life has been touched in any way by the horror of depression.

this poem is the story of my life one of my favorite poets