Dear Judy: Nope, I don't think we should take the poem out, nor the word either. Here are the options that I can think for now (maybe something better later): we can spell the word with spaces between or symbols between, like this - "c u n t" or "c/u/n/t". Or some other version which won't be picked up by searches [and land us on search lists where we'd rather not be!]... I personally didn't even notice it as a problem when I read the poems because I use the word with reverence. More people should understand that perspective. Are you familiar with Barbara Walker's Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets? The entry on "C u n t" isn't very long, but delightful, even using a humorous example of a Browning poem to elucidate. Some of the etymology offered there: "C u n t" is the "derivative of the Oriental Great Goddess as C u n ti, or Kunda, the Yoni of the Uni-verse. From the same root came county, kin, and kind. . . Related forms were Latin cunnus, Middle English c u n te, Old Norse and Frisian kunta, Basque cuna. Other cognates are "cunabula," a cradle, or earliest abode; "Cunina," a Roman Goddess who protected children in the cradle; "cunctipotent," all-powerful (i.e., having c u n t-magic); "cunicle," a hole or passage; "cuniculate," penetrated by a passage; "cundy," a coverted culvert; also cunning, kenning, and ken: knowledge, learning, insight, remembrance, wisdom. Carolyn Guyer Return to Daughters (I)

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