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Born in August 20, 1948 / United States / English

Poems by Heather McHugh

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Ghoti

... of incident, a tracery of history: the dunginside the dungarees, the jock strap for a codpiece, and ...

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With Due Respect To Thor

... Are we sure? Just wait—a brain this insecuremay need another bolt be driven in it ...

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What He Thought

... The day they brought him forth to diethey feared he might incite the crowd (the man ...

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Stroke

... the easy symbols of the living room revised:my shocked senses flocked to the window's reference ...

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Etymological Dirge

... 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear ...

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The Father of the Predicaments

... Of its five TVs, their monitors abuzz with is'sEtymologies ...

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Nano-Knowledge

... of something brilliant, somethingbigger than we know, its hints uncatchable ...

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Ghazal of the Better-Unbegun

... curred person.McHugh, you'll be the death of me -- each self and second studied! ...

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Language Lesson 1976

... and announce his fondest wish: one ...

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Myrrha to the Source

... O fluent one, o muscle full of hydrogen, ...

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Better or Worse

... overhead, adult, where trucks and suns had lost their luster,  ...

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Dark View

... The sun that puts its spokes in every ...

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The Woman Who Laughed on Calvary

... upchucks, sneezes, puffings, hiccups, osculations, hawks and  ...

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Debtor’s Prison Road

... They pass for shadows, sheep of ambush, animals of  ...

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Inside

... of wood. A window of the house  ...