True Lies
A Book of Poems
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new poem
I keep putting
one word after
another in short
neat prose—
the way we
write a poem
these days
of ta-tum la
la everywhere
except in poems.
Poems used to
have music
before we
walked around
with white buds
to keep ears
busy lest we
remember poems
on the page
that let us
hear with our
minds.
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About the Book
Still writing at the age of 95, Professor Mildred M. Jeffrey selected 55 of her poems to relive meaningful experiences. Wide-ranging, feisty, and occasionally revolutionary, she gives the reader plenty to think about.
About the Author
Mildred M. Jeffrey, a published novelist and associate professor emerita of English,