What I Keep [Paperback]

Jennifer K. Greene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Poetry. Native American Studies. Born and raised on the Flathead Reservation in Montana, Greene's poetry recalls memories of love won and lost, and memories of what the senses have experienced. Jennifer K. Greene's WHAT I KEEP is an extraordinary debut: a unified verse collection distinguished by its technical prowess, clean lines, steady vision, and smart heart. The love poems make me ache. What I keep is returning to this wonderful world of a book--its voice so clear and compelling that even the stars listen and hear every word. --Jim Simmerman, author of Kingdom Come. Why don't you love me like your picture?/ Smiling and smiling./ Captured on black and white/ I carry your picture/ smiling and smiling./ Your little face is in my wallet/ smelling one dollar bills/ smelling shiny gray credit cards/ looking at grocery store receipts,/ rubbing up against pens/ without caps and unused Kleenex./ Why can't you love me/ like your picture/ that's always with me/ smelling my purse with/ minty foil gum wrappers?... (A Picture). Th

Product Details

• Paperback: 77 pages
• Publisher: Greenfield Review Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878861416
• ISBN-13: 978-0878861415
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,098,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Poet..., December 26, 2000

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Kevin Finnigan (Kittery, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What I Keep (Paperback)

A good poet uses the facts of the physical world and the realities of everyday life to give readers a chance to know what it's like to see the world from behind another's eyeballs, from inside someone else's skin. To be a good poet is to be a very important person, someone who makes a difference in the lives of those lucky enough to share in her gift. Jennifer Greene is a very good poet who participates fully in her own life and willlingly and expertly shares it with her readers.