Michael Bazzett is the author of five collections of poetry, including The Echo Chamber (Milkweed Editions, 2021) and Cloudwatcher, winner of the Stern Prize from APR, and forthcoming from Copper Canyon in early 2026. His verse translation of the creation epic of the Maya, The Popol Vuh (Milkweed, 2018), named by the NY Times as one of the best poetry books of 2018. He is a recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in both poetry and translation, and his poems have appeared in Threepenny Review, GRANTA, The Nation, The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, The London Magazine, Poetry Review, and The Sun.

Other poems by Michael Bazzett in Verse Daily:
March 11, 2023:   "Moon" "The night you climbed in bed and curled up close..."
December 8, 2021:   "Family Dinner" "In this game..."
December 19, 2020:   "The Comedian" "The comedian slips the mic from its stand..."

Other poems on the web by Michael Bazzett:
"Our Bodies"
Two poems
Four poems
"When My Dog Started Rewriting My Poems, They Got Better"
Three poems
"A Woman Stands in A Field"
"God"
Three poems
Two poems
Two poems
"Departure"
Two poems
"The Empty City"
"The Reasonably Good Shepherd"
"Tongues"

Michael Bazzett's Website.

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