Today's poem is
"Meditation: On Being a Mystery to Oneself"
from Sugar House Review
Carl Phillips
teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of twelve books of poetry, including Silverchest (2013) and Double Shadow (2011).
Other poems by Carl Phillips in Verse Daily:
June 9, 2014: "Pulling the Arrow Out" "Mumbling something about how..."
August 30, 2007: "Reciprocity" " Rest, now. All that ruggedness, blood-pain, and blindness-to-its..."
July 18, 2002: "Minotaur" "What stalked the room was never envy...."
Books by Carl Phillips:
Other poems on the web by Carl Phillips:
"Reconnaissance"
Fifteen poems
Ten poems
*Carl Phillips on Twitter.
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