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Good Bones
Good Bones | Maggie Smith
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Featuring "Good Bones" --called "Official Poem of 2016" by the BBC/Public Radio International. Maggie Smith writes out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by watching her own children read the world like a book they've just opened, knowing nothing of the characters or plot. These are poems that stare down darkness while cultivating and sustaining possibility, poems that have a sense of moral gravitas, personal urgency, and the ability to address a larger world.
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dabbe 🖤💜🖤 6mo
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HeatherBookNerd
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This collection of poems about the experience of motherhood was sort of a mixed bag. I found the first part not particularly compelling, but the second half had some real gems. Good Bones, of course, being the standout. Panel Van, Dear, and Rain, New Year‘s Eve were especially poignant. But honestly, isn‘t that what reading poetry is like? Mining for gold, finding the particular piece that sings to you above the others?

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Good Bones - Maggie Smith
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readordierachel Wow ❤ 2y
Jas16 Wow indeed. 2y
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TheBookHippie I have this in my purse in my wallet ♥️ 2y
Hestapleton This is the poem I read every time I get scared about bringing my son into this world. Even though it‘s scary and broken, he could make it beautiful. ❤️ 2y
StaceGhost I love this one too and @Hestapleton I do the same thing! There‘s a Wendell Berry poem about his children I love too 2y
CBee @TheBookHippie I‘m going to print it out and put it in different places I think ♥️ 2y
CBee @Hestapleton ♥️♥️♥️ you are absolutely right 2y
CBee @StaceGhost ♥️♥️♥️ 2y
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My goal to read more #Poetry continues.
#DutchApplePie #CaresPieShow #iLovePie

Ruthiella 😋 🥧 2y
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merelybookish
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This poem! ❤️ (A very loose interpretation of #incarnate 😉.)
#poetrymatters @TheSpineView

Graywacke ❤️ 3y
TheSpineView 💙💙💙 3y
Centique Oh wow! It‘s almost too close to the bone for me 😬 but that‘s what makes it so good too! 3y
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GatheringBooks
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#LovePrevails Day 9: Re-sharing this #LovePoem by Maggie Smith. Fats‘ Poetry Friday post here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jIl

Eggs Lovely 😊💕 3y
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TheSpineView Lovely! 💙 3y
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TheSpineView 😊👍 3y
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GatheringBooks
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#AcrossApril Day 5: #Rain reminded me of this Maggie Smith poetry featured by Fats here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jGE

Eggs Beautiful ☔️ 4y
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#Movember Day 12: Fats has featured another one of Maggie Smith‘s poem for Poetry Friday entitled #Future. Full post here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jIp
Posting earlier than usual since I am in between flights on my way back to my quaint provincial little town in the Middle East.

Cinfhen Safe travels ✈️❤️ 4y
Cinfhen How many books did you pick up???? 4y
GatheringBooks @Cinfhen i bought only two, but @Reggie gave me four! 🤣🤣📚📚📚🧚🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️ 4y
Cinfhen That‘s awesome!!! I‘m still soooo jealous that you got to meet @Reggie in person 4y
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GatheringBooks
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#AyUpAugust Day 26: This poem culled from Maggie Smith‘s collection definitely has some #IsThisLove vibes.
Fats‘ feature of this book for Poetry Friday here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jIl

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TieDyeDude
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Go call your mother! 😭

batsy I love this. 6y
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dastevensish
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A collection of poetry that shares the fierce, protective nature of motherhood and the anxiety that comes from living in this world. A few of these poems will sit in my soul for eternity, and thus I give it a pick.

BethFishReads I always think I should read more poetry. ... 6y
dastevensish @BethFishReads I tell myself that a lot too. And then every once in a great while, I actually listen to myself. 😉 6y
BethFishReads I really like novels in verse, but rarely sit down with a book of poems 6y
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tamaria
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“Let me love the world like a mother.
Let me be tender when it lets me down.”

From “Rain, New Year‘s Eve” #poetry

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hwheaties
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Maggie‘s poems wrecked me. An exploration into motherhood and life and the convergence and divergence of the two.

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