Today's poem is
"The Platypus Speaks"
from Black Warrior Review
Sandra Beasley
won the 2007 New Issues Poetry Prize for her book Theories of Falling, selected by Marie Howe. Her poems have been featured on Verse Daily and in journals such as SLATE, The Believer, and AGNI online. Awards for her work include the Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets &Writers, the Elinor Benedict Poetry Prize, and fellowships to the Sewanee Writers' Conference, the Millay Colony and VCCA. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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About Black Warrior Review:
September 30, 2008: "The Sand Speaks" "I'm fluid and omnivorous, casual in..."
May 16, 2008: "Theories of Falling" "After years of research, I can only guarantee..."
February 23, 2008: "Proposal" "Show me a tent of well-dressed witnesses..."
July 9, 2005: "Sestina Inviting My Sister to Become a Pirate" "We wake to breakfast in a burning house..."
"Another Failed Poem about the Greeks"
"The World War Speaks"
"Parlor Games"
"The Plays of Lilliput"
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Two poems
Five poems
Three poems
"Making the Crane"
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