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Essay Archive - Maxine Kumin and Her Poetry
Maxine Kumin and Her Poetry
Maxine Kumin, who experienced many different views of the world through
travel, feels the most comfortable in New Hampshire, her rural home. In any area
that she travels, she always makes a similarity to her home, as expressed in her
poems.
In her poem, “The Long Approach”, she is driving in her Saab hatchback
from Scranton to her farm in New Hampshire. She also discusses her plane ride
back from Orlando to New Hampshire the week before. Throughout the poem she
makes references back to the animals she cares for and comes in contact with on
the f....
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