“Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made me think of The Little Mermaid and that made me remember something I had just read about the incredibly complex process by which tadpoles (actual little mermaids) are somehow able to reabsorb their tails and fashion their future frog legs.” ThinkingLittlesMadeAbleRememberProcessDealsFashionSourceLoversAgingSilentComplexesLegsTailsNegotiationBargainsFrogsMermaidRemember SomethingTadpoles Author:Rae Armantrout
“The crowd is made of little gods, and there is still no heaven.” LittlesMadeStillsHeavenCrowds Book:Partly: New and Selected Poems, 2001–2015 Source: Partly: New and Selected Poems, 2001–2015
