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Fanny Howe

Fanny Howe was born on October 15, 1940, in Buffalo, New York. Shortly after her birth her father, Mark DeWolfe Howe, left to fight in the war, and Howe's mother took her and his sister to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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by Fanny Howe (1940—2025)

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After I.F. Annensky

First the sky was yellow

then white snow followed.

On a hand

was an amethyst: a cube of lilac in hospital light.

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Whose fault is it when no one visits?

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Last night I dreamed

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