The little house grows quiet now she’s gone from it— so he’ll set small orange embers of montbretia in a vase before the bedroom mirror although its petals can behold no more than themselves in the cold truth-telling glass.
—Eamon Grennan
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Eamon Grennan, “Gone” from There Now. Copyright © 2016 by Eamon Grennan.
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Eamon Grennan
Eamon Grennan (1941- ) was born in Dublin and is the author of 16 poetry collections, including There Now (Graywolf Press, 2016).