DAPHNE

Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 She can be foundin two placesin the indexin Edith Hamilton’sMythology: underDaphne––whereshe belongs––and under Apollo,where she strugglednot to be. There,it reads: Apollo,Daphne lovedby––as if. Asif overtakingcould beconfusedwith love, asif a womandidn’t haveto choosebetween beingDaphne, byApollo stolen,or being––instead––a tree be-yond him. Andrea Cohen’s most recent poetry collections are Everything and Nightshade; […]

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Published in Issue 63.1: Winter 2024 She can be foundin two placesin the indexin Edith Hamilton’sMythology: underDaphne––whereshe belongs––and under Apollo,where she strugglednot to be. There,it reads: Apollo,Daphne lovedby––as if. Asif overtakingcould beconfusedwith love, asif a womandidn’t haveto choosebetween beingDaphne, byApollo stolen,or being––instead––a tree be-yond him. Andrea Cohen’s most recent poetry collections are Everything and Nightshade;