Poetry books stacked on the sofa
Poetry on the Sofa
Poems by Joannie Kervran Stangeland

The First End of the World


The manuscript The First End of the World is built on poems about Pandora. They were originally inspired by a woodcut that I saw in which the box was this beautiful little chest. (Based on a cartoon in a seventh-grade school book, I had always pictured it as a great big packing crate.)

That first poem led to others—an exploration of who Pandora was and who she might be today. Here are some of the poems.