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A pencil in my hand, its secret life / is charcoal, the wood already burnt, / a sacrifice.

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A poem is a box, a thing, to put other things in. For safe keeping.

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Marianne Boruch

Marianne Boruch

Born: June 19, 1950 (age 75)
Bio: Marianne Boruch is an American poet whose published work also includes essays on poetry, sometimes in relation to other fields and, most recently, a memoir about a hitchhiking trip taken in 1971.
Known for:
  1. Cadaver, Speak (2014)
  2. Grace, Fallen from (2008)
  3. The Glimpse Traveler (2011)
  4. The Book of Hours (2011)
  5. In the blue pharmacy (2005)

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