Emilie Buchwald Poetry

Emilie Buchwald is an editor, poet, teacher, and children’s author. She is the co-founder of Milkweed Editions and has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Buchwald has won awards which include the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award and the Ivan Sandroff Lifetime Achievement Award.

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My Mother’s Music

Buchwald’s ‘My Mother’s Music’ evokes childhood nostalgia, blending serene piano melodies with the flowing beauty of water imagery.

In the evenings of my childhood, when I went to bed, music washed into the cove of my room, my door open to a slice of light.

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