Brooklyn Rail Contributor
Fanny Howe
Fanny Howe has written poetry, fiction, and essays; her most recent book is The Needle’s Eye from Graywolf Press.

WIDE STEPS UP (FOR JOHN GIORNO)
by Fanny Howe| INTRODUCTION
Shifting scale of persons to surroundings The white rocks shrink and grow Gravely in the night
Fanny Howe
| Critics Page
These are their relics. They are all poets.
They have fabrics hanging in space
And lines of music without notes.
This is why they stand by a door like those
Who choose an aisle seat.
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