![]() ![]() Shortly after “Reading Poetry on Maryland Public Radio,” once the man she married comes home, she compares him to a ramrod, saying he is a beautiful antique, always standing at attention he has become a heavy, straight, narrow person, always at salute. It sounds like she has surrendered her cares a bit, speaking in the poem, “Reading Poetry on Maryland Public Radio”: In the first section of the book, the speaker starts on the topic of waiting for her husband to come home. Dubrow explores what it means to be the spouse of someone in the military and speaks about complex topics that are hardly spoken out loud. The book has three sections: “Please Stand By,” “Calling All Stations,” and “Over.” Each section brings new poems and new meanings involving the military. She writes about being the wife of a Navy Officer and brings a new awareness to her readers about the difficulties of life when a family member is left behind in such a real way that her readers can’t help but be captivated. Dubrow gives a voice to spouses of military personnel, exploring …. In Jehanne Dubrow’s latest poetry book, Dots & Dashes, she enlightens her readers by showing them through beautiful words how hard life can be being a wife of someone in the Navy. ![]() Jehanne Dubrow: Dots and Dashes (Southern Illinois University Press) ![]()
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