Disc 1. She walks in beauty ; Falling in love ; Making love ; To his mistress going to bed ; Final soliloquy of the interior paramour ; Breaking up ; The eaten heart. disc 2. Marriage ; from The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia ; from Paradise lost ; My last duchess ; Love itself ; The emperor ; Work . disc 3. I want you women up north to know ; The age of great vocations ; Beauty, clothes, and things of this world ; Cosmetics do no good ; Patterns. disc 4. Motherhood ; If there are any heavens my mother will (all by herself) have ; Silence and solitude ; Growing up and growing old ; The summer day ; Sign. disc 5. Death and grief ; Friendship ; Girlfriends ; The waking ; All things pass.
Summary:
"She Walks in Beauty" is Kennedy's selection of poetry that tells the story of a woman's life, including first love and lasting love; marriage, motherhood, and work; times of silence and solitude, and times of awe. The collection includes works by Elizabeth Bishop, Sharon Olds, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, W.H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, Sandra Cisneros, Anne Sexton, W.S. Merwin, Dorothy Parker, Queen Elizabeth I, Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shihab Nye, and W.B. Yeats.
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