A review by casparb
What the Living Do: Poems by Marie Howe

back! to marie I felt I wanted a refresher and she's still very painful! And o my I missed Practicing . felt a big whitman bloom this time though I have a feeling I'll soon disagree with that. anyway she's very impressive, a narrative



2022
this is the Hurt kind of poetry it aches and sways I like Marie she does well and the Sharon Olds comparison doesn’t seem to me misplaced. The collection reads through heaves of grief & faith and achieves as SO does. approval. Highlights are the remarkable queer poem Practicing & Wanting A Child & Prayer