The widow's crayon box : poems / Molly Peacock.
2025
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Title
The widow's crayon box : poems / Molly Peacock.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781324079439 (hardcover)
1324079436 (hardcover)
1324079436 (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2025]
Copyright
©2025
Language
English
Description
xi, 93 pages ; 22 cm
Exhibited
2024-2025 Poets House Showcase.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1418889143
Summary
"A book-length sequence of poems that dares to affirm the vast variety of emotional colors in loss and rejuvenation. After her husband's death, Molly Peacock realized she was not living the received idea of a widow's mauve existence but instead was experiencing life in all colors. These gorgeous poems--joyful, furious, mournful, bewildered, sexy, devastated, whimsical and above all, moving--composed in sonnet sequences and in open forms, designed in four movements (After, Before, When, and Afterglow)--illuminate both the role of the caregiver and the crystalline emotions one can experience after the death of a cherished partner. With her characteristic virtuosity, her fearless willingness to confront even the most difficult emotions, and always with buoyancy and zest, Peacock charts widowhood in the twenty-first century."--Dust jacket flap.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 87).
Formatted Contents Note
PART ONE: After. Touched
The Widow’s Crayon Box
PART TWO: Before. Threshold
Hello, Lovebirds!
Tinkerbell & My Husband
The Lift
The Plexiglas Wall
Petting My Husband’s Head in My Lap
Notes from Sick Rooms
In the Mood
Tiny Things
A Tiny Mental Flash on a Red Footstool
Sex After Seventy
Routines
Pancake Ode
Where Does It Live?
PART THREE: When. Deciding to End Your Life, You Thank Me
My Next Husband Is Solitude
The Next World Is One of Ideas
Cremation Room
PART FOUR: Afterglow. The Afterglow
The Calm
Organic Sadness, Compost Style
Moved & Touched
Question
The Realization
Today My Task Is the Codicil
My Late Husband’s File Style
Love Letter in the Storage Locker
Fior de Zucca
The You-spot
The Fawn
Widow in Kitchen with Yellow Apple
Honey Crisp.
The Widow’s Crayon Box
PART TWO: Before. Threshold
Hello, Lovebirds!
Tinkerbell & My Husband
The Lift
The Plexiglas Wall
Petting My Husband’s Head in My Lap
Notes from Sick Rooms
In the Mood
Tiny Things
A Tiny Mental Flash on a Red Footstool
Sex After Seventy
Routines
Pancake Ode
Where Does It Live?
PART THREE: When. Deciding to End Your Life, You Thank Me
My Next Husband Is Solitude
The Next World Is One of Ideas
Cremation Room
PART FOUR: Afterglow. The Afterglow
The Calm
Organic Sadness, Compost Style
Moved & Touched
Question
The Realization
Today My Task Is the Codicil
My Late Husband’s File Style
Love Letter in the Storage Locker
Fior de Zucca
The You-spot
The Fawn
Widow in Kitchen with Yellow Apple
Honey Crisp.
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