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“In the middle of my life – just past the middle – walking along the street with our little dog Jack on a leash . . . I came to the edge and did not know the way.”

A review of “New and Selected Poems” in 100 words by Catherine Stover

About 700 years ago, Dante wrote a poem that begins this way, “Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” Marie Howe … Read More

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Author Kate StoverPosted on July 10, 2025Categories poetryTags Dante's Inferno, Marie Howe, New and Selected Poems, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, turning an anecdote into a parableLeave a comment on “In the middle of my life – just past the middle – walking along the street with our little dog Jack on a leash . . . I came to the edge and did not know the way.”
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