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When Is Poetry Just Memoir in Verse?

A Reflection on Marie Howe’s What the Living Do

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Jun 04, 2025
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Disclaimer: This reflection is based on What the Living Do by Marie Howe, a book assigned as part of a poetry cohort at Pocket MFA. The thoughts below are personal, exploratory, and not intended as a definitive critique. [Trigger Warning: This post contains light references to the poets’ work about molestation and rape, but nothing in detail or graphic.]

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