Creator Bio
Jane Shore
b. 1947
Poet Jane Shore grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey, and now is a professor of English at George Washington University. Her volumes of poetry, which are often autobiographical, have received the Juniper Prize, the Lamont Poetry Prize, and a nomination by the National Book Critics Circle. Shore has also received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Washing the Streets of Holland
When I was twelve, I read The Diary of Anne Frank.
I identified with her having to live
stories above a busy street
over a business, and having to keep quiet
for hours at a time.
I’d pad about on…