Day 7 on Day 8: The Daughters of Discordia by Suzanne Owens
Hot damn intense. The proem "The Banishment" sets up metaphor for women being blamed/ subjugated/ misunderstood. Discordia was sent/banished by Zeus to "hurl disaster" in the world. This sets up women as victims and women as perpetrators. A clear distinction is the past that is slowly being reevaluated. "Difficult," the following poem questions grief/terror/belief/misdiagnosis/horror. It explains and challenges how women were owned, treated, and bartered using the example of