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Susan Wood

Poetry

Spring 2006

Husbands and Wives

By Susan Wood

(From The Decalogue, IX) Because Kieslowski’s subject is the enduring power of love,of course when Roman discovers his impotency is permanent and suggeststo Hanka that she divorce him, she says […]

Poetry

Winter 1999

Leafing

By Susan Wood

Autumn twilights     I’d wander the neighborhood trying to walk away the pain.             It didn’t work. Instead, I’d see toys and bicycles scattered across the dry grass like leaves, the litter children […]