storiet v.2
sign in
Cover of Household words

a novel ·

Household words

by

The twenty-three poems in Household Words take an unflinching look at loss and celebrate the remarkable power of healing. In a precise style, Stevens presents poems with a disarming simplicity that often belies the depth of the emotion readers will …

start reading + shelf
  • ● 94% match for you
  • ● poetry

the long version

The twenty-three poems in Household Words take an unflinching look at loss and celebrate the remarkable power of healing. In a precise style, Stevens presents poems with a disarming simplicity that often belies the depth of the emotion readers will discover upon rereading. Includes original artwork by the author. "I drop the rake / I am almost old. / The stalks of last summer's lantana / are pungent, promising / ... A dark smell rises from rank soil / The mute gravity of ground drains breath." --from author's poem "Spring Clean Up"

M

Margaret's verdict

"The twenty-three poems in Household Words take an unflinching look at loss and celebrate the remarkable power of healing. In a precise style, Stevens presents poems with a disarming simplicity …"

— Margaret

highlights

what readers held onto

No highlights yet. Be the first.

discussion

what readers said

No reviews yet. Finish it; tell us what you found.