Maggie Smith Good Bones

Maggie Smith Good Bones. ← / / Life is short, though I keep this from my children Good Bones is a collection of modern poetry that speaks to the world we live in

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) 'Good Bones' is the best-known poem by the contemporary American poet Maggie Smith (born 1977) and the title poem of her third full-length poetry collection, Good Bones (2017) Author Maggie Smith Maggie Smith is the author of Good Bones (Tupelo Press, 2017), The Well Speaks of Its Own

'Good Bones' by Maggie Smith explores the idea that the world is not necessarily a morally good place Life is short, and I've shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways I'll keep from my children The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children.

Good Bones by Maggie Smith Poems Academy of American Poets American poets, Robert frost. Good Bones stands as one of the most well-known poems by contemporary American poet Maggie Smith (b Gold Medal Winner, Poetry, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards Named one of the Five Best Poetry Collections of 2017 by The Washington Post One of Entropy's Best of 2017

. First published in 2016, the poem artfully reflects on life's darker aspects, such as its brevity and inherent difficulties, and portrays a speaker striving to shield her young children from these harsh truths. Life is short, and I've shortened mine in a thousand delicious, ill-advised ways, a thousand deliciously ill-advised ways I'll keep from my children