Elder Sister by Sharon Olds

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Elder Sister by Sharon Olds

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Sharon Olds, "Elder Sister"

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This poem still chokes me up. It makes me think both literally and figuratively about the paths my sister and "sisters" made for me, making ...

Elder Sister by Sharon Olds from In The Dead and the Living: Poems by Sharon Olds. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

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