Today's poem is
"Pacific"
from The American Poetry Journal
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Today's poem is
"Pacific"
from The American Poetry Journal
Lola Haskins
' most recent collection of poetry is a new and selected called Desire Lines (BOA, 2004). She has published two prose books this year: Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner’s Guide to the Poetic Life (Backwaters Press), and Solutions Beginning with A, fables about women with images by Maggie Taylor (Modernbook). Her commentaries are regularly broadcast on NPR.
Other poems by Lola Haskins in Verse Daily:
Books by Lola Haskins:
Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner's Guide to the Poetic Life
Other poems on the web by Lola Haskins:
Lola Haskins's Home page.
About The American Poetry Journal:
August 26, 2004: "For the Suicides" "Izumi is sending a stream of characters into the night...."
June 18, 2004: "Aquarium" and "Adagio" "Here behind glass they are stacked..."
Thirty-six poems
"Sleep Positions"
"What You Want"
Twelve poems
"Patsy Sees a Ghost"
"To Play Pianissimo"
"Grandmother Speaks of the Old Country"
"Django in Hang-Zhou"
"Recruits: Fort Riley, Kansas"
"Six Ways"
"Beyond"
"Staccato" (Audio)
"Seven Turtles"
Seven poems
Two poems
"Lines for Barden Moor"
"Lines for Barden Moor"
Poets in this issue: Naveed Alam, Lea Banks, Nicolas A. Destino, Patricia Fargnoli, Lola Haskins, Melissa Holm, Jennifer Juneau, Dorianne Laux, Jeffrey Levine, Anne Power, Doug Ramspeck, C. J. Sage, Natasha Sajé, Sarah J. Sloat, Alexandra van de Kamp, Adam Edison Watkins
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