experiences, what you find interesting, or what occurs frequently. While reading poetry written by Paige Riehl, Louise Erdrich and James Wright there are reoccurring themes of family/home and death/loss. One topic or theme that comes up in multiple poems between all three of the authors is the subject of family or home. In the poem “I Was Sleeping Where the Black Oaks Move,” Erdrich tells a story about when she was young and witnessed a flood from her house. All she notices in a nest of herons and their…
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