Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009
What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009
What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009
Ebook449 pages4 hours

What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

In WHAT WE PASS ON: COLLECTED POEMS: 1980-2009, Maria Mazziotti Gillan weaves a tapestry of one woman's life?wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, grand-daughter, Italian American. Reading these poems in one volume makes us acutely aware of how memory is layered, each new poem adding another detail, another color, another perspective so that we watch as the poet and the people around her change. With increasing clarity and honesty, Gillan peels away all the self-protective layers and invites us in so we can see in her story a reflection of our own. Her work in all its texture and exuberance, its passion and power, forces us to care about what matters and teaches us to be human. This is a poet who, in these courageous poems, teaches us why poetry matters and why it can change us.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 1, 2010
ISBN9781550715064
What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009

Related to What We Pass On

Related ebooks

Poetry For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for What We Pass On

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    What We Pass On - Maria Maziotti Gillan

    E3^book_preview_excerpt.html|rF bc7BҸgfgmk5mh"Qhja'ɬ?HݞG[$TUVɓ?o}u?Ϋ}vX̪?߿#͗??_T|^Up}7uoWꫯxſuKz>yy58WoW7|avy^xk߷[?ؾOg?g|Ut^\S[n KyjV]]W>B|͟|O.Лi}\ʭ8O,X]_lm`ʵq6j:VYo;>Cxze͖z~{[]n;{y]mʉ̷vv>i`Ycϭ [ۿ4P]i޸fl;j:u3kI&z5yuY\/[t{T=s=J8_1ivխ5϶zvi_U`sޏ~iFx-e$7_?A`nhlvaCm2m7Y[Hٕ-W4yWW3 k:7]g7rsi0\nxw -Y=Q,&~ӻi_tBbG[z4Sa$rPa~{Y<.~e7_WIBKZ _XMىdїkČa{oMͿAɤŖc׶˼@{܉Ηndns/=T&wbTƛ-';R+OUKq0\Ssl]'aپq:(֏磇,p(E <⑖.~ǽ\}Ww?Ww 8jq{Uq>3 PɌ3-*@a)X7m|[h2t11 ly[iA70}pIf>_m})]7mL~xz}Y~{8n#|?q`&|{y"q)HfwG@enw>fuMU4)^ lC#~l3&+@:|p%͚7Y`eci!wwoMnS jZt)7QwMO$(p^|?u7{ʛ?[`ݭ!\tUě`79lõ_}!;7uWRY8e݀ jh |8GMӷFXkdf?W}n( dV/ ޮ ~mm]AP$$rTv P!p5P]O"q{1#v'(xZ@N~Sewr D0SL5ӓ6ݏ}ui-N":*K]a`Ρ.my- xSW70ɜ]Ν<]:[2ϲj̝Vy5ff̦~aWfa# Qî߹XD?(A`ֶBT\[E/̎B8XC}(,5X)l2*-ogGDه#yvو\ه^ߓ>۩ iH]0=cc6טǂwJ?6j=B馁 TQ3 F`I*[Ffetg6[jW$ϑ&%B5ĠDZ 6LY4vQ$!F_55OHzRyn\ 2%N^K4SݯsӖ0 GS>Q{. ZPo2p/Pqu4iPULbqjާMw I`ʗm#mbu>B,9H71NhdӬh|wP}]w<.XFްk~yVtNK%0;ܮ5+0~`bx5ӶPYc{^TFD $YҲw̼یZW1ޭRLJj53pX汢zlGW܋cTܥE6ln%؋PP[eK+Z:PCCmFC-&mL/c1@2{l!ɡ#&CZ),B oh5RVFR(p+M"Q$v"jrp%oLkK ~Yą iv9\ `[O-73#I qR;X[N4T\iJHG$oŔEÁ,~3I H*3PsjE3&0J 'y4(Ĺd*J̌~ %UXr73c ӵknly*, _0@-$bK)B6t"+g:xقټ zZ iՕ:Yˎ* ́e6%,+|XjG*_!pr]Y T65woia5]\ͪj5V:ac н"^y@%ΏnI!9Ϋu_[:s%"~%-.NTo'r윦=:AO}&D[D.dx|R n7%MVk^j%HFѪu^2`v?V5 x8 }D[4"hC@OsIL;0n%3/V^q̀LP+ө;aliEBZeIk̤[n}-RKπa.o_.`Ql.{ ~_9(>-RbND [:Q3).&w\Xq^8rs ,_e$~j50Q`ǰecKN7A6I3LMAmaM$L3d1MJ?nF<'u2D`DR9\v !p5k7&6t` (AbW[Rg<[^^ ojK(t MDt}MlZS y*?CrLA< 4IL2eK!EP BCA%aDnwcX)u90W*DϾ>L;*XďiiCHk\~#U/Gu"Pqd Q-x7`/tv_v?# d$v0DB=PlOk% "Vq A Hd{zEŒu@'x66,=~åuJX.נp#-cLKL¸<2܄ogt0!ڴN],Q"׊I%=70Ѩ WZ0=@;&C FW%f%ߐa ⩗sT',2Xe7fF߿n;"%@D7dl܆LWmгRumZDi8 !SyP=Rpm7adi8hg)83Ew TK`yfd˟Դ%Ao1P3hj۳`xP>Hocm GĦawV4H;뼔s&,vVb)PQǚNX&f$ZCCAayŕd[DŽPPbP5 lEAn^T ;0cȩn7ܽ-i$5ªU?ᒍ ;:" %k2^䫲HxmۤxάHqUZ$u¿ `5`V.2C v1"-N˕-2^eQ޷6eO8eҍ^ )6HLed}^Dkt+E~NJ.nr+#I_8* vTp~cȸ?Q[δqiD vInmE`bLjpc'Vޚ29D  +ЌoO$&B,4 d?d|?j/j[sܫ@8H_ȡnyɐ#J^*&uw̻AU&QٻDqцߋerogݚjJ0U}"I#:6iDy{@p+z|E ͒>&pVl˧տxij,_P@nrr-a\iLF=hH5cw*J@ Ļ:ŲOʥúU\Ih#! ňMby-T*~UyG &1CT21T6zoq)k$ggT@I "hGd.WBG9MbNK8`״OJSzBϐB(}{OO&˛ks\-$2x.܆ {(3 *g <8f7];&4yM9/Kla>rj {9!1u8EW9+tSGz ZsE0wZ;j(1{ےwò;ZӖz۫gy?h!['1j* L#~ hR5]lVHOS)%8?v%h#0kRk(`R%rt.o]/IhKVO_8pO2 c# sٰXO9e?lqlR5`N $˶̂MSc%ǛZ34"ހFOԨ'3pp3Ed xw(eM{I<L++Vk?h]!$<(kd?PBh(iXٍXX=TC@Tr 'WW (8; ~;kaoٮ03lzbTD yg.av|Hc "A~yvV]vJb"זG 6XOQ?>hklb^ VQ#-3b]=հb KGrøoj:VXK:YS{dF}(OlTTLP}K-q2<8^z8 U_JGT=4_o$"BW$*d)Zzr˩:\K+r6"F[TEiD}ǎȯ](M5.p<@B5&Osh4m0601u#¬eAElcKgR@5@8PI'4>CYil҃b 7je6y/lT'մlҮ -VȒ^-|+㌍AW@.S ,ynF%簒B SCIs*2'28ca1_۱4EIjʓN<RD(t JZ)0#ᨴpQxzهԧ1(NJ n "tQQhө>R.V( hEhCRvHtyvM:d\Hd[d۞y]a ).qeX܃$SgbN2R'&w2Yi,k! qu"ەA'L.F*Pu]hz5KX2$91!4/}xXD#AQp=I f>hSz98H"dy'+OVĘ] .2=L)#13p_9stCpJI4u,HOdu-TUI \;i4 \8&C@6NIg!-}}U%T7wb#_7 "&!Lj]PN&1,G1xʋye k?tki#^&l!2<`5Au^vh ZpJmJG+_#aI ?+!OY/:-WIo:9duQ$ʈiSFUHo9-K2nהA!Rc)zD :Dhmij`̕|,0@mC9.'TY,nr& JJB&M*N"4и c( oD~[/^-j6y[T 3:4ܴA)6 6b]oh1l~HH c)Ѻѣ mX-GR%v -K͹χ..h儻qR"eCÇ-eDzfR JBGb{6L{ wÙPQ(<g o9r׮yHH 6$Xtf˜=Wr]3DshK8h.o_dCזͧ1{3eaD'Bš&-yZ=}!tؓ.˱$ JYmbaiҬ[t[X/ksooj?Φ;ꩵR{iN]ډ"G:I >u֖"+>3 peIQl$+).GXT'6X ¡NQ;WlnlTwقwSr{pgvPLT ˗ow-:uDc67ueO"\ʲ-[] \?c{Dj$$X u?ڋ'|Al9)YbZg[Hh2,>Y4dMzˍ:zАgaSw/n-4md)kQ~UB&Mr+tۊ=~8@#8RΨh J)ҟd&cL;C:#0LA7N/r"9sX~)D=#J9MH]v?@R%+]0ӚF~hC!pv ]B$q?.EHŃ׍b1c2renOeg(t(6qɻ)k| ﮼p)&J=Mh`ʘe9DZ1^!t(^IwJ&:2Ԭ; JۄkXw|Kx1FJ.$fB,],'6x 0=۶L'Q+z0}k:lR"Hho`d0&uN0$ߓf\?kNQohQkig̊ln)/&bäFiIΛX4`-&1aܸL筤q}/pi)8X\<[ϖzhM9Mu@ &BHR[./= ل-C`KQ7Y鲖01VwBMQG Fvql3LfbgGNA +شPP+VW%+zPvf\, dLڛӱm\>O#Ht6ƷWڽR@c޴oLuDTKukJƒ_(ۊcY [KkJ[,v](LJr4_X-ό,Vςvs˩q0E^߄bIk*m(c7h>Ke+UPҦ$)e5s5򆔐A3,s.EVJeP"&Ss2YEj$[RԩZ#lr:+ 1}ELj ZyTf,BtzTk5 5HNHnd0.K }bH ɤ;vKMbm<>}Sѷ۞M;1BIQNm͒ybs|&1a
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1