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What the Living Do: Poems - Community Reviews back

by Marie Howe
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Robert Zimmermann
Robert Zimmermann rated it 13 years ago
I'm just going to make this short. This is one of my all-time favorite books of poetry. This was my second time reading it and it was just as amazing this time through. I hope I can one day get my poetry to be as powerful as Howe's
the terror of whatever
the terror of whatever rated it 15 years ago
Beyond stunning. Striking, perfectly encapsulated meditations on death, and what happens after. So heartbreaking, but also so hopeful. Too many favorites. The whole thing.
auntieannie
auntieannie rated it 17 years ago
Based on Laura sending me a poem about grief which I liked, I checked this out, hoping I might find a poem to use on my grief retreat this weekend. I read it quickly on the bus, but found it dark and depressing for the most part. Even the title poem did not strike me in the same way as it did earlie...
SJane
SJane rated it 17 years ago
Harrowing, important and beautiful poems.
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