Richard Cecil's most recent collection of poems is Twenty First Century Blues. He teaches at Indiana University.

Other poems by Richard Cecil in Verse Daily:
March 30, 2007:   "The Efficacy of Prayer" "Yes, but however hard they pray..."
November 1, 2005:   "My Personal Theory of Evolution" " No sea-view condos under half a million..."
February 25, 2003:  "Fame and Fortune Cookie" "'You've got talent but you lack ambition'..."

Books by Richard Cecil:

Other poems on the web by Richard Cecil:
Thirteen poems
"Caliban and Ariel"
"Limbo"
"Shakespeare's Last Poem"

Richard Cecil's Website.

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