Cynthia Arrieu-King is a volunteer at the tomato aquarium. She keeps Sophia Kartsonis' Intaglio, winner of the 2006 Tom and Stan Wick Prize, close at hand. They both live and work in Cincinnati, Ohio where they eat scallops and discuss what's best for you.

Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis is a unionizer of boycotting planetariums. Collaborations with Cynthia Arrieu-King appear in Court Green, and were co-winners of The Academy of American Poets Prize as selected by Molly Peacock. Sophia is an avid lover of a chapbook called The Small Anything City, some cats named Drusilla, Gladys and Kenny (plus The Geeks) and emus of every persuasion.

Other poems by Cynthia Arrieu-King in Verse Daily:
July 9, 2007:   "Blue Failure" " The gym. Milk-breathed girls sweated in their polyester..."

Other poems by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis in Verse Daily:
April 28, 2007:   "For Six Seconds" " you won't wander into the room where I keep you..."

Books by Cynthia Arrieu-King: The Small Anything City

Books by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis: Intaglio

Other poems on the web by Cynthia Arrieu-King:
Two poems
"French Mother with Tornado Sirens in Background"
"Advanced Winter"
Two poems
Three poems
"At an Elaborate Summer Barbeque Without You"

Other poems on the web by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis:
Four poems
Two poems
Three poems
"Shaping the Spoon"
"Lila Spoons Snow into Maynnaise Jars"
"Ateria"

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