Published on Academy of American Poets (https://poets.org)
Out of fiery contacts . . . Rushing auras of steel Touching and whirled apart . . . Out of the charged phallases Of iron leaping Female and male, Complete, indivisible, one, Fused into light.
Author
Lola Ridge
Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.