Poetry. BEHIND OUR MEMORIES is the newest book by Florida poet Michael Hettich. Dealing with themes of love, family and the relationships that challenge us, this book offers brief snapshots into the world of the poem's speaker. "After Months of Careful Deliberation / my love has decided to take me apart. / She says I've been forgetting things lately, that she / wants / to see me laid out on the floor so she can tell / what's broken and replace it."

Author City: Miami Shores, FL USA

Michael Hettich's books of poetry include THE MEASURED BREATHING, LIKE HAPPINESS, A Small Boat, Swimmer Dreams, Flock and Shadow, and BEHIND OUR MEMORIES. His work has appeared widely in journals and anthologies. He is the winner of two Fellowships from the Florida Arts Council. His Flock and Shadow: New and Selected Poems was selected as a national Book Sense Top Ten Pick in Poetry for 2006, and he received The Tales Prize in 2005 for Swimmer Dreams. Michael Hettich was born in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up in New York City and its suburbs. He has lived in upstate New York, Colorado, Vermont, and northern Florida. He now lives in Miami and teaches at Miami Dade College.

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