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Meena Alexander Reads Gerald Stern

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Poetry Creating Context and Evoking Emotions

The poem beautifully creates a context resembling a port for various emotions and images to come and go. It vividly describes the journey of the self and the speaker, taking the readers on an imaginary voyage. The mention of Susie Kali, a character from comic books, adds a layer of depth and nostalgia, linking to the goddess Kali symbolizing both naughtiness and destruction and creation.

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