Classic and Contemporary Poetry

GERDA, by CAROLYN KIZER                Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Down the long curving walk you trudge to the street
Last Line: Gerda, come back, to nurse your desolate child.
Subject(s): Abandonment; Caregivers; Children; Household Employees; Women; Women's Rights; Desertion; Childhood; Servants; Domestics; Maids; Feminism