Marie Harris

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Weasel in the Turkey Pen

Weasel in the Turkey Pen
$18.00
  • Publisher: Hanging Loose Press; Brooklyn, NY
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Available in: Hardcover, paperback
  • ISBN: 978-0-914610-76-7
  • Published: January 9, 1993
Weasel in the Turkey Pen

Prose poems.

“Her paragraphs tell whole truths elegantly–in the shortest space possible–with grace, wit and resonance. As much edge as center, this is a delightful and original book that makes a lot of fiction look redundant and a lot of poetry look anorexic.”  Rosellen Brown

“We know a real poet is in charge here, leaning in an ear to the sounds of her world, and not missing much og anything in the sometimes surreal goings-on.”  Colette Inez

“(She) has an artist’s eye for authentic, unadorned detail.”  Maxine Kumin

Standard Plumbing was featured on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac January 3, 2006

 

 

 


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A Poet for Your Bookshelf, Classroom, or Library

Welcome! Come on in and browse through my books of poetry, anthologies I’ve edited and in which my poems appear, and some essays and articles on subjects ranging from blue water sailing to New England farm stays to birding. You can also find photos of my collaborations with painters, sculptors, photographers and musicians. Listen to audio clips of a sampling of my voiceover work.

As a poet, I perform and teach at colleges & universities throughout the country, and in residencies in elementary and high schools, libraries, writers’ workshops and retreats, and senior centers. Read More…

Words in Progress

Walking Song

WALKING SONG …reminding herself that she was only an elderly woman who had got up too early in the morning and journeyed too far, that the despair creeping over her was merely her despair, her personal weakness, and that even if she got a sunstroke and went mad the rest of the world would go […]

My Brother is Gone from Us

Basil Harris (pictured with sister Anne, summer 2016) He died today. Farewell, sweet singer.

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