Poetry. Susan Griffin, a philosopher, poet, and Emmy-winning playwright whom Booklist has called a scintillating and enthralling feminist thinker, gathers more than thirty years of poetry in BENDING HOME. As in her critically acclaimed prose, Griffin couples intellect with emotion to craft poems which range from the comic to the tragic, the personal to politically incisive. Whether exposing the horrors of war or exploring the intimacies of lovemaking, Griffin's poems clearly demonstrate that she is a major voice in American letters. the blackness / a refuge deeper / than sleep / your arm / mooring me / by the / waist. (Letter).