Paul Guest is the author of Notes for My Body Double, winner of the 2006 Prairie Schooner Prize, and The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, winner of the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. His chapbook, Exit Interview, is available from New Michigan Press.

Other poems by Paul Guest in Verse Daily:
December 23, 2006:   "Questions for Silence" " In its first thin tide. In the place..."
October 18, 2006:   "The God of Neglect, Overheard" " O hearts fat with custard, and sweet..."
March 24, 2006:   "The Numbers are Not In" " The world is filled with those who want..."
May 12, 2003:  "Apogean" "All this floating is ridiculous, and the stars..."
April 10, 2003:  "The Flesh" "Walking to get medicine / for a pet, I am tempted..."
February 13, 2003:  "The Advent of Zero" "I know that someday you will tire of everything..."
August 15, 2002:  "The Last Words of Alice the Goon" "Understand me now: the light is lace..."

Books by Paul Guest: The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, Notes for My Body Double

Other poems on the web by Paul Guest:
Eight Poems
"Seven Poems"
"Apologia"
Three Poems
"Donald Duck's Lament"

Paul Guest's Blog.

About Redivider:
Poets in this issue: Matthew Henriksen, Craig Beaven, Jae Newman, Ian Harris, Susan Roberts, Derek Mong, Jason Stumpf, Paul Guest, Josiah Bancroft, Jonathan Johnson, Adam Clay, Tracy K. Smith, Allison Titus, Darcie Dennigan, John Surowiecki, George Looney, Marilyn Nelson, Matthew Kaberline, Keith Montesano