Paul Guest is a Whiting Award recipient. He is the author of Notes for My Body Double, winner of the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize, and of The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World. He teaches at the University of West Georgia.

Other poems by Paul Guest in Verse Daily:
September 11, 2007:   "Poem for the National Hobo Association Poetry Contest" " I will not be there with you but think..."
July 17, 2007:   "Seduction With Entropy" " If you think I'm honest, speak to me..."
May 23, 2007:   "My Nightmare" " My nightmare isn't falling or even falling..."
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: My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, Notes for My Body Double, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World

Other poems on the web by Paul Guest:
"Nothing"
Five poems
"Love Poem on a Monday Morning with Mock Complaints, Unreasonable Wishes, Your Name and the Earth for Good Measure"
Eight Poems
"Seven Poems"
"Apologia"
Three Poems
"Donald Duck's Lament"

Paul Guest's Blog.

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