Today's poem is
"Diagnosis: Birds in the Blood"
from Spillway
Anna Journey
is the author of the collection, If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting, University of Georgia, 2009, selected by Thomas Lux for the National Poetry Series. Journey holds a Ph.D. in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston, and she's received a fellowship in poetry from the NEA.
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March 16, 2009: "Return as Black Currant" "Because she bleeds dark jelly and French liqueur..."
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