Today's poem is
"My Heart"
from New Letters
Kim Addonizio
has written four books of poetry, most recently What Is This Thing Called Love (W.W. Norton & Company, 2004), and two novels, Little Beauties (Simon & Schuster, 2006) and My Dreams Out in the Street (Simon & Schuster, 2007). She has been a National Book Award finalist and has received National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships, as well as a Pushcart Prize. She lives and teaches in Oakland, Calif.
Other poems by Kim Addonizio in Verse Daily:
November 15, 2007: "The Body is the House, and" " according to the spiritual teacher..."
November 5, 2007: "Easeful Death" " What a relief to lie down finally..."
July 16, 2007: "Poem for the New Year" " So far it's suspiciously similar..."
September 3, 2002: "Echo and Narcissus" "Poor love-struck Echo, stuck with repeating..."
Books by Kim Addonizio: What Is This Thing Called Love, Tell Me, Jimmy & Rita, The Philosopher's Club, The Poet's Companion, My Dreams Out in the Street, Little Beauties
Other poems on the web by Kim Addonizio:
"Lucifer at the Starlite"
Nine poems
Four poems
"What Do Women Want?"
Five poems
"The Room"
"The Story"
"Good Girl"
Three poems
Kim Addonizio's Home Page.
Kim Addonizio according to Wikipedia.
About New Letters:
Poets in this issue: Willis Barnstone, Michael Blumenthal, Elaine Sexton, Kim Addonizio, Kevin Young, Adrienne Su, Mia Leonin, B.H. Fairchild, Michelle Boisseau, Mihaela Moscaliuc, David Ray, Rabindranath Tagore, Desmond Egan, Bill Christophersen, David Wagoner, Peter Balakian
Subscription: 1 year (4 issues), $22
Other poems from New Letters in Verse Daily:
Support Verse Daily
Home
Archives
Web Monthly Features
About Verse Daily
FAQs
Submit to Verse Daily
Publications Noted & Received
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Verse Daily
All Rights Reserved
New Letters * UMKC | University House * 5101 Rockhill Road * Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Editor: Robert Stewart
December 11, 2007: "Uncles (Play)" by Kevin Young
November 24, 2007: "Watermelon" by Alice Friman
June 9, 2007: "Aware of Angels" by Mark Jarman
February 20, 2007: "The Deer" by Michael Chitwood
February 17, 2007: "Nighties" by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
September 23, 2006: "Aurora Borealis" by Mary Jo Salter
May 29, 2006: "Quail" by Dore Kiesselbach
November 23, 2005: "Migration" by Brian Swann
May 15, 2005: "Water Walking Stick" Stuart Friebert
May 7, 2005: "The Small Toe" Linda Hogan
January 12, 2005: "Awaiting the Return Ferry" by Nance Van Winckel
January 10, 2005: "How Else Today" by Albert Goldbarth
September 29, 2004: "Of Unsent Letters, One" by Jill Osier
September 28, 2004: "Go" and "Gone" by Mark Irwin
September 26, 2004: "Houses Made Only of Entrance" by Abe Louise Young
September 24, 2004: "After Eden" by Linda Pastan
May 16, 2004: "Wild Things in a Dream" by Heather Ross Miller
January 21, 2004: "With Two Camels and One Donkey" by Robin Becker
July 25, 2003: "Meridian" by Mia Leonin
May 26, 2003: "The Flag of My Disposition" by Elaine Sexton
April 14, 2003: "On the Holy Friar Crossing a Suspension Bridge to Paradise" by Joanna Goodman
February 3, 2003: "Passing Through the Shadows Of Great Buildings" by Nance Van Winckel
January 6, 2003: "Bid Me Be the Bird" by Nance Van Winckel
September 26, 2002: "The Sacrifice" by Jim Simmerman
Sponsor Verse
Daily!