Gabriel Spera's first book of poems, The Standing Wave, was selected for the 2002 National Poetry Series and published in 2003 by HaperCollins. The book also received the PEN Center USA Literary Book Award for Poetry in 2004. His work has appeared in journals such as Carolina Quarterly, Chicago Review, DoubleTake, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poetry, and The Best American Poetry 2000.

Other poems by Dogwood in Verse Daily:
May 30, 2004:  "Promenade" by Joshua Mehigan
May 29, 2004:  "The Fish" by Midge C. Goldberg

About Dogwood:
Poets in this issue: Martha Greenwald, Leonard Kress, Gabriel Spera, Lyn Lifshin, J. C. Todd, Maria Terrone, Max Garland, Rande Mack, Elton Glaser, Rebecca Dunham, MaryAnn Franta Moenck, J. D. Smith, Eugene Gloria, Deborah DeNicola, Sandra Beasley, Caki Wilkinson, Elinor Benedict, Rita Bowles, Michelle Bitting, David Mook, T. John Estes, Marilyn Annucci, David C. Meyer, Chad Woody, Luann Landon, Bruce Bennett, Midge C. Goldberg, Margaret J. Hoehn, Carol Gilbertson