Poetic Titles of Joyce Carol Oates
by Jane Garrison WardA Fair Maiden called
Little Bird of Heaven,
My Sister, My Love, who was
The Gravedigger's Daughter, neither
Black Girl / White Girl or one in a
Blood Mask. Rather one
Missing Mom with
The Stolen Heart hurled over
The Falls.
Take Me, Take Me With You she says; it was
Rape: A Love Story of
The Tattooed Girl.
I'll Take You There to the land of
Beasts in the midst of
Middle Age: A Romance set in
The Barrens, where the
Blonde with the
Broke Heart Blues makes a wish that
Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon.
My Heart Laid Bare with
Man Crazy
Double Delight.
We Were The Mulvaneys in our
First Love when the
Zombie called out:
You Can't Catch Me, if you can.
What I Lived For, oh yes:
Foxfire,
Snake Eyes,
Black Water, and
The Rise of Life on Earth. Yet all become my
Nemesis
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart.
I Lock My Door Upon Myself, separating myself from both my
Soul/Mate and my
American Appetites. Somewhere in the
Lives of the Twins
You Must Remember This
Marya : A Life lived on the
Solstice of the infinite
Mysteries of Winterthurn.
A Bloodsmoor Romance tells the story of the
Angel of Light, that
Bellefleur of
Unholy Loves, the
Cybele of our
Son of the Moning.
Childwold ends with
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey, leaving
The Assassins to
Do With Me What You Will in some
Wonderland, where
them
Expensive People live in
A Garden of Earthly Delights, and
With Shuddering Fall.
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