Poems

No Known Coordinates

No Known Coordinates

“In lan­guage of crys­talline clar­i­ty, Terrone’s lights and darks encom­pass fragili­ty and tough­ness, trau­ma and won­der.”
— Rachel Hadas

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Eye to Eye

“Maria Terrone’s poems are simul­ta­ne­ous­ly sen­su­ous and spir­i­tu­al, earthy and intel­lec­tu­al. Her imag­i­na­tion takes fire from con­tra­dic­tion and com­plex­i­ty.”
— Dana Gioia

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A Secret Room in Fall

Winner of the Robert McGovern Prize

“Maria Terrone’s poems are qui­et­ly insis­tent, recu­per­a­tive acts of imag­i­na­tion. At times spiced by a wry humor, at times open­ing to small touch­es of rap­ture.”
— Eamon Grennan

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The Bodies We Were Loaned

“Maria Terrone’s scrupu­lous­ly craft­ed, suave­ly cadenced poems record telling details of the quo­tid­i­an world with such vivid­ness.”
— Sandra Gilbert

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American Gothic, Take 2

“In a voice that beguiles and sur­pris­es at every turn, part Marianne Moore, part Emily Dickinson, Maria Terrone enchants us in this new book of poems.”
— Nicole Cooley

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Life, Death, & Cash

A wit­ty, satir­i­cal take on our per­son­al and soci­etal striv­ing for mon­ey from birth to the very end.

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