The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison book cover

The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison

Pages: 80
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Published: 1 Apr 2015
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Description

Delving into the depths of fairy tales to transform the daily into encounters with the marvelous but dangerous, Maggie Smith’s poems question whether the realms of imagination and story can possibly be safe. Even as her compressed stories are unfolding on a suburban cul de sac, they are deep in the mythical woods, “where children, despite their commonness, / are a delicacy.”