Larissa Szporluk is the author of four books of poetry, including the forthcoming Embryos and Indiots (Tupelo Press, 2007). She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant (2003) and an associate professor in the creative writing program at Bowling Green State University.

All the poems by Larissa Szporluk that have appeared on Verse Daily:
October 24, 2006:   "Windmill" " I can't cry so I..."
February 1, 2006:   "Judges" " There is nothing beautiful about us...."
September 24, 2005:   "Cuckoo" " I nudge the eggs..."
September 14, 2005:   "Loosely Related Sheep" " Jump, uncle, jump...."
March 27, 2003:  "Matsukaze" "All that is built falls at night..."

Books by Larissa Szporluk: Embryos and Idiots, Isolato, The Wind, Master Cherry, The Wind, Dark Sky Question

Other poems on the web by Larissa Szporluk:
Five poems
"Isolato"
"Orrido"

About The Eleventh Muse:
Poets in this issue: Emily Wong, Sean Trotanta, Larissa Szporluk, Danielle Sellers, Margaret Ronda, Doug Ramspeck, Carsten Rene Nielsen, Jeff Newberry, Cindy May Murphy, John McKernan, Nathan McClain, Gary L. McDowell, John Mann, Sheryl Luna, Tim Lockridge, Timothy Liu, A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz, Sarah Lindsay, Steve Langan, David Keplinger, Genevieve Kaplan, Charlotte Innes, Joseph Hunt, H. L. Hix, Alex Grant, Noah Eli Gordon, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Suzanne Frischkorn, Gina Franco, Jason Fraley, Kelly Madigan Erlandson, Ellen Kirvin Dudis, Diane Elayne Dees, Jehanne Dubrow, J. P. Dancing Bear, Tom Daley, Gary Joseph Cohen, Patrick Carrington, Joel Brouwer, Gaylord Brewer, Paul Benton, Sandra Beasley, Jeffrey Bean, Danielle Aquiline, Maureen Alsop, & Mary Alexandra Agner