The author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose, Fanny Howe received the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for her collection Selected Poems... More >
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From no nowhere not near the sea
on blue field flax
the cemetery's absolutely solitary
you and you and a third
of a pound of bread
for supper in the refectory
where I would die of hunger
if you--if soon--if on this unday--one
undoing would be undone
Audio Clip
January 1, 2009
Vineyard Haven, MA
From the Academy Audio Archive