Poetic Obituaries: But from her [Jane Mayhall's] grief sprang

a storm of poems, which became the foundation of "Sleeping Late on Judgment Day."

Reviewing the collection in The New York Times Book Review, Andy Brumer praised Ms. Mayhall's "love poems of excruciating honesty," commending their "philosophical insights into love and its inevitable loss."

Among the most striking of these is "The Gilded Shadow," here in its entirety:

from The New York Times: Jane Mayhall, Poet Who Gained Prominence Late in Life, Is Dead at 90

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