The Rose: Poems

by Ariana Reines

"In The Rose, award-winning poet Ariana Reines explores the intersection of rage and surrender. Drawing on the lineage of medieval troubadours' erotic poetry, Reines employs the feminine, sexual symbology of the titular flower to also explore masculine pain: "I loved to hurt, be hurt by him. / There was a locked & secret mansion in him that I loved." In these poems, inherited ideologies of femininity and masculinity are replaced with bold vulnerability,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644453347
• ISBN13: 9781644453346
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"