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[I won’t be able to write from the grave] by Fanny Howe

[I won’t be able to write from the grave]
Fanny Howe

I won’t be able to write from the grave
so let me tell you what I love:
oil, vinegar, salt, lettuce, brown bread, butter,
cheese and wine, a windy day, a fireplace,
the children nearby, poems and songs,
a friend sleeping in my bed—

and the short northern nights.

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Selected Poems of Fanny Howe

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This poem appeared in Selected Poems of Fanny Howe by Fanny Howe, published by University of California Press, 2000. (Available direct from University of California Press)

ABOUT FANNY HOWE

Fanny Howe was the author of more than 20 books of poetry and prose. Howe grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and studied at Stanford University. Howe’s collections of poetry include Manimal Woe (2021), Love and I (2019), The Needle’s Eye (2016), Second Childhood (2014), Come and See (2011), On the Ground (2004), Gone (2003), Selected Poems (2000), Forged (1999), Q (1998), One Crossed Out (1997), O’Clock (1995), and The End (1992). Howe received awards from… (more)

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