Response to Gussie

Gussie,
Listening to you speak today in class really impressed me!! You seem to have such a grasp for Boland and, I don't doubt, poetry in general! I am doing "Self Portrait on a Summer Evening" and I would really appreciate to hear your take on it. I have a difficult time with poetry and since you are especially good in this area, I would enjoy discussing it with you.

I am really enjoying Boland's poems. They seem to hit a nerve that I haven't felt in a while. Perhaps since the first time I read Nikki Giovanni who is very different from Boland but definitely a strong female contemporary.
Thanks!:)
Melanie