Muriel Nelson has a full-length collection of poems, Part Song (Bear Star Press, 1999), and a chapbook, Most Wanted (ByLine Press, 2003). Her work has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared in 88: A Journal of Contemporary American Poetry, The Beloit Poetry Journal, The Marlboro Review, The National Poetry Review, The New Republic, Northwest Review, Ploughshares, The Prague Post, Snake Nation Review, and others.

Other poems by Muriel Nelson in Verse Daily:
July 3, 2005:   "Ma (Or Pa)ternal" "To know, I thought, you have to make a child...."

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Poets in this issue: Muriel Nelson