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Today's poem is "Greed"

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Margaret Gibson is the author of twelve books of poems, most recently, Not Hearing the Wood Thrush (Finalist, 2019 Poets' Prize), as well as a memoir, The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood. Her debut poetry volume, Long Walks in the Afternoon, was awarded the Lamont Selection from the Academy of American Poets. She is the Poet Laureate of Connecticut.

Other poems by Margaret Gibson in Verse Daily:
February 20, 2017:   "On the Moon" "When she said children's moon, I gasped..."
July 31, 2002:  "Pilgrimage" "Why do I take the back way..."

Books by Margaret Gibson:

Other poems on the web by Margaret Gibson:
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Eight poems
Three poems
"A Good Death"
Three poems

Margaret Gibson's website.

Margaret Gibson According to Wikipedia.

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