Mary Ann Samyn's most recent book is Purr (New Issues, 2005). She teaches in the MFA program at West Virginia University and directs the Far Field Retreat for Writers at Oakland University.

Other poems by Mary Ann Samyn in Verse Daily:
November 16, 2006:   "An Introduction to Devotion" " Do you consider yourself adept? The face of..."
April 6, 2006:   "Clarity, 1.2" " Considering The Despair of St. Thomas...."
October 15, 2004:  "A Thought, for Example, Is a Form" "Of light. And at the center, light. And at the edges..."

About The Laurel Review:
Poets in this issue: Christopher Arigo, Angela Ball, Jeffrey Bean, Agatha Beins, Sarah Blackman, Michelle Boisseau, Jaswinder Bolina, Wayne Dodd, Sharon Dolin, Allen C. Fischer, Albert Goldbarth, James Grabill, Dan Kaplan, Claudia Keelan, Stephanie King, Cynthia Lowen, Jon Luthro, Erin Malone, Nils Michals, Amy Newman, Simon Perchik, Donald Revell, Martha Ronk, Mary Ann Samyn, Katherine Soniat, Nance Van Winckel, G.C. Waldrep, Amanda Rachelle Warren, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Charles Wright