Maggie Smith Good Bones. First published in 2016, the poem reflects on the negative aspects of life, such as its brevity, and how the speaker of the poem endeavours to shield these harsh. 1977) and serves as the title poem for her acclaimed 2017 poetry collection
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Credit This poem originally appeared in Waxwing, Issue 10, in June 2016 First published in 2016, the poem artfully reflects on life's darker aspects, such as its brevity and inherent difficulties, and portrays a speaker striving to shield her young children from these harsh truths.
Saturday Poetry 'Good Bones' Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith contemplates the past and our future, life and death, childhood and motherhood Maggie Smith is the author of Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017), The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison (Tupelo Press, 2015), and Lamp of the Body (Red Hen Press, 2005) Read more works by Maggie Smith • Find books by this poet • Or view my library Explore poems in pursuit of: hope • family • existence • Or browse the index [/expand] [expand title="Dear Reader" tag="h6″]
Good Bones by Maggie Smith Poems Academy of American Poets American poets, Robert frost. By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) 'Good Bones' is the best-known poem by the contemporary American poet Maggie Smith (born 1977) and the title poem of her third full-length poetry collection, Good Bones (2017) Maggie Smith contemplates the past and our future, life and death, childhood and motherhood
. Good Bones - Life is short, though I keep this from my children. Anna Akana reads Maggie Smith's poem, "Good Bones"