Because What Else Could I Do: Poems

by Martha Collins

Book Overview

Because What Else Could I Do is a sequence of fifty-five untitled short poems, almost all of them addressed to the poet's husband during the six months following his sudden and shocking death. Perhaps best known for her historical explorations of sociopolitical issues, Martha Collins did not originally intend to publish these poems. But while they are intensely personal, they make use of all of her poetic attention and skills. Spare, fragmented,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822965917
• ISBN13: 9780822965916
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 7.8"