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Life on Earth: Poems by Dorianne Laux
This book was released last year and was longlisted for the National Book Award. This is of no surprise to me. I've already reread it a few times. She writes about moments that many of us have lived through by the time you reach our mutual decade. As Publishers Weekly deftly says, "With this spellbinding seventh collection, Laux brings to life the simple pleasures and small agonies of human existence."
I've dog-eared so many poems in this book that I love. We are similar in ages, and she writes a lot about aging. I could really relate to "I Dare You." "It's autumn, and we're getting rid/of books, getting ready to retire,/ to move some place smaller, more/manageable."
A slim and powerful volume!
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