Mark Irwin is the author of five collections of poetry; his most recent, Bright Hunger (BOA), was published this spring. He teaches at the University of Southern California and divides his time between Los Angeles and rural Colorado.

Other poems by Mark Irwin in Verse Daily:
July 29, 2004:  "Potter's Field"   "And if death is poverty..."

About New Letters:
Poets in this issue: Noel Smith, LInda Pastan, Marilyn Kallet, David Wagoner, Abe Louise Young, Brent Dozier, Amy McCann, Jill Osier, Aliki Barnstone, David Clewell, Sonia Gernes, Linda Ramey, Allison Funk, Thomas Zvi Wilson, Anthony Butts, Emmanuel Moses/Marilyn Hacker, Walt McDonald, Charles Harper Webb, Mark Irwin, Jim Daniels, Tim Seibles, Maura Stanton, Anna Boothe, James Ragan, Pia Tafdrup, Jeanie Wilson, Hadara Bar-Nadav, Robert Funge