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Adrienne Su Reads Maxine Kumin

The New Yorker: Poetry

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The Longing to Be Saved

There's nothing in this poem about Shying away from risk even though it's all about rescue Maybe it's about the courage to love. The longing is large and In some ways it belongs to all of us Yes, and I think that's why the poem is so much bigger than It's own situation.

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