Michelle Boisseau’s books of poetry include Trembling Air, University of Arkansas Press, 2003; Understory, winner of the Morse Prize, Northeastern University Press, 1996, and No Private Life, Vanderbilt, 1990. She is also author of Writing Poems (Longman), now in its sixth edition, and a professor of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where she is Associate Editor of BkMk Press.

Other poems by Michelle Boisseau in Verse Daily:
February 12, 2004:  "Potato Speculates on Popularity" "I don't want trouble, but the rutabagas..."
January 13, 2004:  "Sun Surveys Other Cynosures" "A cosmopolitan stuck in the sticks..."
December 17, 2003:  "Thorn Gets Theoretical" "You got it wrong. I'm no escort..."
December 10, 2003:  "Don't" "Along the furry case, the seams..."
January 31, 2003:  "Collect Call" "Whatever he means, my brother means no harm..."
January 7, 2003:  "Steadily" "In the sun-ladled spot we dug for it..."

About The National Poetry Review:
Poets in this issue: Michelle Boisseau, Claudia Burbank, Bridget Cross, J.P. Dancing Bear, Chad Davidson, Karl Elder, Cathryn Essinger, Rachel Hadas, Kimberly Johnson, Sarah Kennedy, Tina Kelly, Reeves Keyworth, Lynne Knight, Jeffrey Levine, S.D. Lishan, M.B. McLatchey, Muriel Nelson, Carol Quinn, Wendy Videlock, Ellen Wehle