Today's poem is "The Girls Who Work at the Makeup Counter"
from Inheritance
Kerry-Lee Powell
has lived in Australia, Antigua, and The United Kingdom, where she studied Medieval and Renaissance literature at Cardiff University and directed a literature promotion agency. Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies throughout the United Kingdom and North America, including The Spectator, The Boston Review, and The Virago Writing Women series. In 2013, she won The Boston Review fiction contest, The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Award for short fiction, and the Alfred G. Bailey manuscript prize. A chapbook entitled “The Wreckage” has recently been published in England by Grey Suit Editions. A novel and short fiction collection are forthcoming from HarperCollins. Inheritance is her first book.
Books by Kerry-Lee Powell:
Other poems on the web by Kerry-Lee Powell:
"The Lifeboat"
Four poems
Two poems
Kerry-Lee Powell's Website.
Kerry-Lee Powell on Twitter.
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