What the living do : poems

Howe, Marie 1950- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780393318869
ISBN: 0393318869
Physical Description: 91 pages ; 21 cm.
print
Publisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
Copyright: ©1998

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The boy -- Sixth grade -- The fort -- From my father's side of the bed -- Buying the baby -- Practicing -- The mother -- In the movies -- The attic -- Beth -- The fruit cellar -- The copper beech -- The game -- The girl -- The dream -- For three days -- Just now -- A certain light -- How some of it happened -- Rochester, New York, July 1989 -- The last time -- Without music -- Pain -- Faulkner -- The promise -- The cold outside -- The grave -- The gate -- One of the last days -- Late morning -- Wanting a child -- Tulips -- Watching television -- The dream -- More -- Separation -- The bird -- Prayer -- Two or three times -- Reunion -- The kiss -- Yesterday -- Memorial -- My dead friends -- The visit -- The new life.