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Today's poem is "A Story Problem 3"
from The Boy in the Labyrinth

University of Akron Press

Oliver de la Paz is the author of five books of poetry and coedited A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. A founding member of Kundiman, he teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the Low Residency MFA Program at Pacific Lutheran.

Other poems by Oliver de la Paz in Verse Daily:
August 28, 2019:   "Diaspora Sonnet 34" "My father in his twenties wears his pressed suit..."
October 23, 2014:   "Dear Empire," "These are your jellyfish...."
August 2, 2010:   "Dear Empire," "These are your dead...."
June 24, 2010:   "How I Learned Quiet" "Begin with slowness—the drag of a candle's flame..."
February 24, 2009:   "Self-Portrait with Taxidermy" "In my anatomy studies, I expected..."
December 24, 2007:   "Prayer Essay" "I was unusually ahead of my time with my own..."

Books by Oliver de la Paz:

Other poems on the web by Oliver de la Paz:
"In Defense of Small Towns"
"Diaspora Sonnet 44"
Six poems
Two poems
Four poems
Four poems
Four poems
Three poems
Three poems

Oliver de la Paz's Website.

Oliver de la Paz According to Wikipedia.

Oliver de la Paz on Twitter.



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