The Myth of Pandora's Box

Poet, edward hirsh has written many collections of poetry and criticism. He wrote the long running poet's choice column in the washington post. And he was talking with steve palson about his elegy to his son, gabriel. You've a passage right near the end of your poem that gets at that. Could you read that close the prayer book? I don't want to hear anyone scolding me from her wheel chair because i'm crying too hard. The ancient greeks had a myth to explain why the world is full of things like toxic viruses,. pandora's box. Here's alice walker reminding us about hope.