The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison Poems
Poetry. Winner of the Dorset Prize, chosen by Kimiko Hahn. Delving into the depths of fairy tales to transform the daily into encounters with the marvelous but dangerous, Maggie Smith's poems question whether the realms of imagination and story can possibly be safe. Even as her compressed stories are unfolding on a suburban cul de sac, they are deep in the mythical woods, "where children, despite their commonness, / are a delicacy."
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Alexia@apolasky
After reading this, Maggie Smith has now become one of my favorite poets. I loved Vanishing Point; Ohio; Suspension; Xenia, 1974 ; Shapeshifter; The Shepherd's Horn; If I Forget to Tell You; The Dark and I Think of You, Eréndira.