River House. Sally Keith

      

      RIVER HOUSE

      ALSO BY SALLY KEITH

       Design

       Dwelling Song

       The Fact of the Matter

      © 2015, Text by Sally Keith

      © 2015, Cover art by Matthea Harvey

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      Published 2015 by Milkweed Editions

      Printed in the United States of America

      Cover design by Mary Austin Speaker

      Author photo by Juana Medina

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       First Edition

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Keith, Sally.

      [Poems. Selections]

      River house : poems / Sally Keith. -- First edition.

      pages cm

      ISBN 978-1-57131-465-9 (paperback : acid-free paper)--978-1-57131-911-1 (ebook)

      I. Title.

      PS3561.E3773A6 2015

      811’.54--dc23

      2014033918

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       Ann Elmore Keith

       (1947-2010)

      Contents

        Title Page

        Copyright

      1  Chapter 1

      2  Chapter 2

      3  Chapter 3

      4  Chapter 4

      5  Chapter 5

      6  Chapter 6

      7  Chapter 7

      8  Chapter 8

      9  Chapter 9

      10  Chapter 10

      11  Chapter 11

      12  Chapter 12

      13  Chapter 13

      14  Chapter 14

      15  Chapter 15

      16  Chapter 16

      17  Chapter 17

      18  Chapter 18

      19  Chapter 19

      20  Chapter 20

      21  Chapter 21

      22  Chapter 22

      23  Chapter 23

      24  Chapter 24

      25  Chapter 25

      26  Chapter 26

      27  Chapter 27

      28  Chapter 28

      29  Chapter 29

      30  Chapter 30

      31  Chapter 31

      32  Chapter 32

      33  Chapter 33

      34  Chapter 34

      35  Chapter 35

      36  Chapter 36

      37  Chapter 37

      38  Chapter 38

      39  Chapter 39

      40  Chapter 40

      41  Chapter 41

      42  Chapter 42

      43  Chapter 43

      44  Chapter 44

      45  Chapter 45

      46  Chapter 46

      47  Chapter 47

      48  Chapter 48

      49  Chapter 49

      50  Chapter 50

      51  Chapter 51

      52  Chapter 52

      53  Chapter 53

      54  Chapter 54

      55  Chapter 55

      56  Chapter 56

      57  Chapter 57

      58  Chapter 58

      59  Chapter 59

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