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Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990-2010

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Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990-2010

â€œThe power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible.â€â€•Booklist
Here is a landmark collection celebrating the remarkable range of Maxine Kumin, one of Americaâ€™s greatest living poets. Where I Live gathers poems from five previous books, together with twenty-three new poems that pay homage to Kuminâ€™s farm life and also to poets of the past.

from â€œThe Taste of Appleâ€
Â Â Â Â Â I could hardly see as he hoisted the great swaying body aloft
Â Â Â Â Â and bore it across the road to the hole and in the cold dark I poured
Â Â Â Â Â a libation of apple juice for the earth to welcome his corpseâ€•
Â Â Â Â Â some drops spilled on his chestnut flank and some dribbled
Â Â Â Â Â on his cheek and splashed onto his yellow teeth as he lay
Â Â Â Â Â deep on one side and my hand shookâ€•I could hardly seeâ€•
Â Â Â Â Â rocking my grief back and forth over this kind death
Â Â Â Â Â the taste of apple wasting in his mouth.
Country USA
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-04-12
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780393076493

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