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Anger in Ladies &c<\/strong><\/p>\n . . .makes a beauteous face deformed and contemptible. . .<\/em> <\/p>\n The ladies are ripping roses and lilies to rags. The ladies are rendering themselves contemptible, Now they will lecture you <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Helen Ivory<\/strong> is a poet and visual artist and edits IS&T. Her fifth Bloodaxe collection is The Anatomical Venus<\/em> (May 2019). She is a tutor for the UEA\/NCW creative writing programme. A chapbook Maps of the Abandoned City<\/em> was published by SurVision Press in January. http:\/\/www.survisionmagazine.com\/books.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
\n and separates Roses and Lilies, by quite removing one or the other<\/em>
\n out of the Ladies cheeks . . . (The Ladies’ Dictionary <\/em>John Dunton 1684)<\/p>\n
\nThey are broadcasting them like bruised confetti,
\ntrampling them into the carpet
\nso the parlour reeks of death,<\/span>
\nor the mask of death – death spangled up \u2013
\ndeath sullying the carpet.<\/p>\n
\nthey are pollen-stained and beastly,
\nthey are pawing the floorboards.<\/p>\n
\non how to wear your hair, Mr Dunton \u2013
\nhow to cover your shame.
\nThey are sharpening their bread knives.<\/span><\/p>\n