Today's poem is
"The Customary Mysteries"
from West Branch
Aleda Shirley
is the author of Long Distance (Miami) and Chinese Architecture (Georgia). The poems in this issue will appear in Dark Familiar, forthcoming from Sarabande this year.
About West Branch:
Poets in this issue: Craig Beaven, Stephen Broyard, Annie Finch, Benjamin Scott Grossberg, James Allen Hall, James Harms, David Kapp, Ariana-Sophia M. Kartsonis, Keetje Kuipers, Hailey Leithauser, Doug Ramspeck, Boyer Rickel, Mary Ruefle, Aleda Shirley, Erin Elizabeth Smith, Tracy K. Smith, David Swerdlow, Mike White
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January 5, 2006: "Rehoboth Beach" by Matthew Ladd
January 2, 2006: "Ghazal of the Bright Body" by Sarah Sloat
December 28, 2005: "Rain-Freighted" by Eric Pankey
May 21, 2005: "The Innocent" Jean Nordhaus
May 17, 2005: "Vespers" Charles Wright
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August 10, 2004: "Anecdote of the Turkeys" by Wayne Dodd
August 2, 2004: "Speak, Zero" by Mary Ruefle
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