Years That Answer

by Maggie Anderson

Exploring the interior life, Anderson's poems, frequently triggered by a particular recollection, cover the spectrum of human emotion and experience--death, loss, terror, intimacy, longing, contentment, love, understanding

Genres: Poetry

92 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

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Reviews

[Patricia N. McLaughlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A poet comes to terms with her father’s death and the scars of his abuse, her relationship with her birthplace and its ruination, and the love that absolves the unforgivable.

Favorite poems:
“Privacies”
“For the Anniversary of My Father’s Death”
“For Brenda, For Your Baby”
“She Thought She Needed What She Thought They Said She Shouldn’t”