Let the Heart Hold Down the Breakage or the Caregiver's Log

by Maureen Owen

Book Overview

A hybrid work of poetry and prose journal entries. Maureen Owen's "caretaker's log" documents a mother's death and dying. A faithful transcription of amothers remembered life rendered with true emotion. "This magnificent work dwells in the struggle between death and dying," writes Fanny Howe. "The poet is the one who balances this weird difficulty. She is the caregiver keeping both alive. Through nights where days of dying begin with tissues, toothpicks,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934909726
• ISBN13: 9781934909720
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Hanging Loose Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 8.8"