Marie Howe, born in 1950 is an American poet whose work has appeared in periodicals like the New Yorker. She has received more than one Guggenheim fellowship. We excerpt from her volume titled What the Living Do, (1989) some lines from "Just Now,"
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My brother opens his eyes when he hears the door click
open downstairs and Joe's steps walking up past the meowing cat
and the second click of the upstairs door, and then he lifts
his face so that Joe can kiss him. Joe has brought armfuls of broken magnolia branches
in full blossom, ....
The link above has more poetry and biography, all in honor of National Poetry Month, our April.
...
My brother opens his eyes when he hears the door click
open downstairs and Joe's steps walking up past the meowing cat
and the second click of the upstairs door, and then he lifts
his face so that Joe can kiss him. Joe has brought armfuls of broken magnolia branches
in full blossom, ....
The link above has more poetry and biography, all in honor of National Poetry Month, our April.
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