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Today's poem is "Altered Beast"

from Northwest Review

Lucia Perillo, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000, is the author of four books of poems, the most recent being Luck is Luck. Her book of essays, I've Heard the Vultures Singing, was recently published by Trinity University Press.

Other poems by Lucia Perillo in Verse Daily:
May 31, 2005:  "Chum" ""How come we all don't have the luxury of our ghosts..."
July 3, 2003:  "A Simple Campsong" "In the days of yore, three handsome drunks..."

Books by Lucia Perillo:

Other poems on the web by Lucia Perillo:
"The Oldest Map with the Name America"
Nine poems
"Four Red Zodiacs"
"The Van with the Plane"

About Northwest Review:

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Northwest Review * 369 PLC * University of Oregon * Eugene, OR 97403
Poetry Editor: John Witte

Other poems from Northwest Review in Verse Daily:
January 14, 2009:   "Post-op, Medical Humanities" by Sandra McPherson
December 20, 2008:   "Hear" by Joseph Massey
June 13, 2008:   "If You Step Off Now" by Dana Roeser
June 9, 2008:   "Cine S-a Fript Cu Ciorba, Suflã şi-n Iaurt" by John W. Evans
July 1, 2007:   "Matter and Disappearance" by Allan Peterson
February 22, 2007:   "Self-Portrait as Bovine" by Chanda Feldman
February 16, 2007:   "Then Thensome" by R. D. King
October 23, 2006:   "Flute Song" by Richard Dankleff
June 9, 2006:   "Bird Call, Wave" by Laurie Lamon
June 6, 2006:   "And came to the place where she recognized herself without fear" by Nina Lindsay
February 26, 2006:   "Inside the Church" by Rebecca Kaiser Gibson
February 21, 2006:   [O Second-Story Man] by Susan Goslee
July 3, 2005:   "Ma (Or Pa)ternal" by Muriel Nelson
February 6, 2005:  "A Sentimental Education" by Lynne Knight
February 5, 2005:  "Panoply" by Kristin Kelly
February 1, 2005:  "Logging Road" by Gigi Marks
June 15, 2004:  "From it and was anew at that time" by Genevieve Kaplan
February 5, 2004:  "Two Sonnets" by John de Stefano
February 3, 2004:  "Tort" by Susanne Kort
October 22, 2003:  "Light of Seville, The Great Palatial House" by Antonio Machado, translated by Willis Barnstone
October 20, 2003:  "Gray" by Allan Peterson
June 18, 2003:  "Feeding" by Kristen Tracy
June 16, 2003:  "The Son of a Carpenter" by David Wagoner
March 2, 2003:  "Lapis" by Martha Zweig
February 28, 2003:  "Immaculate" by Tina Kelley
February 27, 2003:  "Gavotte" by Susanne Kort
August 14, 2002:  "Last Breath at Dawn" by Katie Ford

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