The Distaff Side by Mary Leader Algernon Charles Swinburne though he himself had an

though he himself had an inkling

Through poems of witches and outsiders

I was reminded throughout of Ken Smith’s lonely sequences – the fragmentation and moments of intense lyricism

monologues

The Distaff Side by Mary Leader Algernon Charles Swinburne though he himself had anOklahoman Mary Leader, after years as a lawyer, published her first book of poems at age forty nine. That was Red Signature, which having been selected by Deborah Digges for the National Poetry Series was published by Graywolf Press. Besides the red signature "Mary Leader" on the title page, the book made way for signatures of other Oklahomans, such as Clara C. Hake, a woman imagined within a list of lowly items and homely documents, inventoried in