“I am what the water gave me, / a smoke-ring in a jar, / the braided rope / my ladder-to-the-light, / my shivering bird heart / caught” BirthFrida Kahlo Book:What the Water Gave Me: Poems After Frida Kahlo Source: What the Water Gave Me: Poems After Frida Kahlo
“Little deer, I've stuffed all the world's diseases inside you. / Your veins are thorns // and the good cells are lost in the deep dark woods / of your organs.” PoetryPaintingFrida KahloLittle DeerWhat The Water Gave Me Book:What the Water Gave Me: Poems After Frida Kahlo Source: What the Water Gave Me: Poems After Frida Kahlo