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Today's poem is "Persimmon"

from Chelsea

John Bensko's books of poetry include Green Soldier (Yale UP), The Waterman's Children (U Mass Press), & The Iron City (U Ill Press). Sea Dogs (stories) was published by Graywolf Press. He teaches in the MFA Program at the U of Memphis.

About Chelsea:
Poets in this issue: Simon Berry, Peter Cooley, Jack Anderson, Cynthia Atkins, Alicia Ostriker, Timothy Liu, Alison Jarvis, Rina Ferrarelli, Gail Segal, John Bensko, Emily Raabe, Roxane Beth Johnson, Gordon Massman, Stephen Massimilla, Roberto Jaurroz, Mary Crow, Gabrielle Althen, Marilyn Hacker, Elisa Biagini, Isacco Turina, E. Di Pasquale, Julian Kornhauser, Piotr Florczyk

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Chelsea * P.O. Box 773 * Cooper Station * New York, NY 10276-0773
Editor: Alfredo de Palchi * Poetry Editor: Emanuel di Pasquale

Other poems from Chelsea in Verse Daily:
July 24, 2006:   "Mise-en-Scène" by Gail Segal
February 13, 2006:   "Dear Friend," by Robert Funge
February 11, 2006:   "Among the Alien Born" by Sonia Raiziss
February 7, 2006:   "Five Cents" by Noel Conneely
March 22, 2005:  "Small Ending" by Dora Malech
March 20, 2005:  "We Traveled Far &" by Jesse Lee Kercheval
March 19, 2005:  "Noah and Joan" by Denise Duhamel
March 18, 2005:  "Another Art by Daniel Lin
November 7, 2004:  "Cello" by Oscar Hahn, translated by James Hoggard
November 5, 2004:  "Yannis Ritsos" by Guy Goffette, translated by Marilyn Hacker
November 4, 2004:  "Us, Like a Bad Mix Tape" by Jillian Weise
November 3, 2004:  "'Thank You'" by Mia Leonin
November 2, 2004:  "An Overrated Virtue" by Michelle Detorie
July 1, 2004:  "Those Who Thoroughly Bed the Estuary" by Jay Wright
November 21, 2003:  "Zorba's Daughter" by Elisabeth Murawski
November 20, 2003:  "Carnival at Prato" by Giorgio Orelli, translated by Lynne Lawner
May 22, 2003:  "Leonardo Drawings" by K. E. Duffin
November 18, 2002:  Passages by Michael David Roberts

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