Jean Nordhaus's 7 volumes of poetry include The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn, Innocence, Memos from the Broken World, and, most recently, The Music of Being. She has published poetry and dance criticism in numerous journals and served for 8 years as an editor of Poet Lore. She lives in Washington, DC and spends time in Taos, NM.

Other poems by Jean Nordhaus in Verse Daily:
July 20, 2012:   "When she saw the angel" "in their path, she balked, a little jenny..."
May 21, 2005:  "The Innocent" ""Alone and together, we stand on the platform..."

Other poems on the web by Jean Nordhaus:
Nineteen poems
Four poems
Fourteen poems
"A Purchase of Porcelain"
"A Dandelion for My Mother"
"On the Lake"
"A Visitor in Herzliya"
"I Was Always Leaving"
"Posthumous"
"With Their Wings"
"All There Is of Light"

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Other poems by Five Points in Verse Daily:
February 22, 2024:   "When I listen, I can hear" by Lewis Meyers
February 19, 2024:   "Covid Leads The Procession To Woodlawn Cemetery" by Cynthia Parker-Ohene
January 25, 2020:   "Grackle" by George Kalogeris
January 24, 2020:   "Errors of Beauty" by Ann Townsend
January 23, 2020:   "The Anchors Speak" by Terese Svoboda
May 2, 2019:   "'On the Bodies of Women'" Ina Conradie
April 29, 2019:   "Brother" Lisa Julie
September 2, 2016:   "Charolais" by John Kinsella
August 31, 2016:   "When I Had Died" by Cynthia Huntington
February 9, 2016:   "Funeral in Vermont" by Andrea Hollander
November 21, 2015:   "Ode to Chronic Insolvency" "I lived in an apartment..."
November 20, 2015:   "Ascension" by Philip Levine
March 31, 2015:   "Mrs. Cavendish and the Learning Curve" by Stephen Dunn
March 30, 2015:   "Passing Phase" by Stephen Dunn
November 9, 2013:   "The Rescue" by Chelsea Rathburn
February 7, 2011:   "Casals" by Gerald Stern
September 8, 2010:   "Converted Church" by Medbh McGuckian
December 15, 2009:   "The Opening" by Philip Schultz
May 14, 2009:   "Contentment" by Jane Hirshfield
May 12, 2009:   "Storm Catechism" by Kim Addonizio
November 19, 2008:   "Guess Work" by Christopher Buckley
November 18, 2008:   "When I Was the Muse" by Kate Daniels
November 17, 2008:   "Dog & Father" by Sam Pereira
May 26, 2008:   "Death by Wind" by Gerald Stern
November 11, 2007:   "Disciplines" by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks
November 7, 2007:   "Heart Poem" by Mary Oliver
November 5, 2007:   "Easeful Death" by Kim Addonizio
March 18, 2006:   "After a Month of Rain" by Linda Pastan
October 28, 2005:   "Gone" by Malena Mörling
October 27, 2005:   "Fears" Rodney Jones
October 26, 2005:   "Flamingo Film" Dave Smith
October 24, 2005:   "October Storm" David Baker
May 8, 2005:  "Riding" Robert W. Hill
May 5, 2005:  "Vessel" Cecily Parks
May 2, 2005:  "Heavenly" Mary Oliver
October 23, 2004:  "Unsound Ship" by Medbh McGuckian
September 19, 2003:  "No Shelter" by Ann Townsend

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