Wake: Up to Poetry
"The act of poetry is a rebel act."
Poem of the Week: “Grainne’s Answer to Burke’s Proposal” by Mary O’Malley
Grainne’s Answer to Burke’s Proposal
Take me for one year certain
hot and cold and strong.
What woman will give you
as much for that long?
A year in a wild place.
Take me or leave me as I am.
–Mary O’Malley, from The Wake Forest Book of Irish Women’s Poetry (2011)