Challenge 215

Images of Love and Loss

In Rebecca Lu Kiernan’s “Ecliptic,” what do the images of the honeycomb and the motions of celestial bodies say about the persistence of the memory of love?
What does the title of Anna Ruiz’ “Fado” mean?
With what imagery does the poem express love and loss?
In Doug Pugh’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Pride of Sheep”:
What is the irony in the title?
In what ways is the poem’s response to lost love “masculine” while that of “Ecliptic” and “Fado” can be said to be “feminine”?

Thanks to Gary Inbinder for this week’s official Challenge.