Second Childhood

by Fanny Howe

Book Overview

The new poetry collection by Fanny Howe, whose "body of work seems larger, stranger, and more permanent with each new book she publishes" (Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize citation)

People want to be poets for reasons that have little to do with language.
It's the life of the poet that they want.
Even the glow of loneliness and humiliation.
To walk in the gutter with a bottle of wine.

Some people's lives are more poetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555976824
• ISBN13: 9781555976828
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 77 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.1" x 7.0"