Nance Van Winckel has new poems appearing in such places as Gettysburg Review, Agni, and Doubletake. Her fourth collection of poetry is Beside Ourselves (Miami University Press, 2003), and she also published three books of short fiction, most recently Curtain Creek Farm (Persea Books, 2000). She teaches in the MFA programs at Eastern Washington University and Vermont College.

Other poems by Nance Van Winkel in Verse Daily:

December 20, 2005:   "And the Wound Says" " Step into the river and let the ripples cool us...."
June 24, 2005:  "When the River Comes Toward Me" "it comes with whatever it's..."
January 12, 2005:  "Awaiting the Return Ferry" "Ghostly, echoes of old guffaws from a crowd..."
July 13, 2004:  "Simone Weil at the Renault Factory (1935)" "A thread in a line of threads, she stands..."
January 9, 2004:  "Let me Remind You You Are Still Under Oath" "Out of marsh out of the bronchial..."
February 3, 2003:  "Passing Through the Shadows Of Great Buildings" "The beggar in plaid blankets wanted to kiss my hand..."
January 15, 2003:  "Cautionary Tale" "The funny bearded goat..."
January 6, 2003:  "Bid Me Be the Bird" "May the lower, liquid half of the world..."

About Elixir:
Poets in this issue: Michelle Mitchell-Foust, Brian Henry, Christopher Arigo, Sara Gail Martin, CJ Muchhala, Elisabeth Murawski, Kelley Jean White, Andrew Shields, Susan Rich, David Salner, Ian Ganassi, Ned Balbo, Sandra Kohler, Simon Perchik, Nance Van Winckel, B.Z. Niditch, Robert Haynes