The Human Half
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The Human Half - Deborah Brown
THE
HUMAN
HALF
THE
HUMAN
HALF
POEMS
DEBORAH BROWN
AMERICAN POETS CONTINUUM SERIES, No. 173
BOA EDITIONS, LTD. ROCHESTER, NY 2019
Copyright © 2019 by Deborah Brown
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brown, Deborah, 1948– author.
Title: The human half : poems / Deborah Brown.
Description: First edition. | Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., [2019] | Series: American poets continuum series ; no. 173
Identifiers: LCCN 2018050059 (print) | LCCN 2018055222 (ebook) | ISBN 9781942683834 (ebook) | ISBN 9781942683827 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: American poetry—21st century.
Classification: LCC PS3602.R6944 (ebook) | LCC PS3602.R6944 A6 2019 (print) | DDC 811/.6—dc23
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Contents
I
Voices
Write About This
The Human Half
Landscapes
Matisse’s Vase Says
Memory Box
Switching Hands
Passion Flower
Not at Rest
In Black and White and Red
A Woman Holds a Balance in Jan Vermeer’s Painting
Ocular
Midden
To Birdsong and the Owlfly
II
The Unpainted House
What I Know About the Night Sky
Ghost Prattle
The Red Suit
A