What the Living Do

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stunning and real - Rated
This is an amazing work. I felt connected to the author after having read her poems. I am anxious to read more of her work.

LACKS CRAFT AND IMAGINATION - Rated
What happened to the artistry of Auden, Bishop, Lowell, Roethke, or Moore? Nothing of that great American tradition is found in WHAT THE LIVING DO. After reading this book of poetry by Marie Howe, I realize that this poet does NOTHING to bring beauty or intelligence to American poetry. What a waste of paper!

An Unforgettable Book - Rated
To write poems which celebrate and haunt in the spare language of one who yet loves, often at a price, this is a gift. To read them is the poet's gift to us. You will never forget these poems.

Moving - Rated
I am sad to know she used to leave in Cambridge near me and left to New York.Her experiences are moving to both young and old."In the movies" is great and "The boy" is too.

THIS EMPRESS HAS NO CLOTHES - Rated
Let us not be fooled any longer, you and I, for this poet's vision has always been myopic. Ms. Howe embodies what is wrong with American poetry today being self-centered, reliant on bathos and self pity to elicit the "poor me" syndrome of much maudlin literary expression. They once refered to Lope de Vega as "el monstruo de la naturaleza," Ms. Howe's poetry seems to have been written by a Monster without the beneficence of the aesthetics of nature. Not recommended!