Sharon Olds: Poems Glossary

Sharon Olds: Poems Glossary

carcasses

animal's dead body

annihilation

obliteration

silt

fine sand or clay

compressed

to flatten and reduce in size

pricked

to stand alert

bourbons

a chocolate biscuit

pores

an opening

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