Today's poem is
"Is that robin's-egg blue?, or A Poet Answers Her Critics"
from Columbia Poetry Review
Mary Ann Samyn
's most recent book is Purr (New Issues, 2005). New work has appeared in The Journal, Field, Meridian, Third Coast, and elsewhere. She teaches in the MFA program at West Virginia.
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Purr,
Inside the Yellow Dress,
Captivity Narrative,
Rooms by the Sea
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November 21, 2006: "Wish and What Happens" " Back to the fe fi ho hum of it...."
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..."
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May 28, 2008: "Is that robin's-egg blue?, or A Poet Answers Her Critics" by Michael Robins
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April 30, 2007: "Sinning Skel Misclape" by Lisa Jarnot
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August 24, 2006: "The Idiot's Guide to Faking Your Own Death and Moving to Mexico" by Jason Bredle
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August 21, 2006: "Say the Boy" by Seth Abramson
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