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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/563644.Elegy_Poems?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Elegy: Poems" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YaVTsaEyL._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/563644.Elegy_Poems?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Elegy: Poems</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/171911.Mary_Jo_Bang">Mary Jo Bang</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22365161?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> I knew when I picked up this book that I wouldn't be able to finish it. The poems were all written the year following the death of Mary Jo Bang's son. The pain and anguish that comes through these words will take your breath away while at the same time offering the smallest of hopes that life can continue for the person left behind. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1092193?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>