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Today's poem is "Fairy Tale Redacted"

from Redactions

Jeannine Hall Gaileyserved as the second Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington. She's the author of five books of poetry: Becoming the Villainess, She Returns to the Floating World, Unexplained Fevers, The Robot Scientist's Daughter, and Field Guide to the End of the World, winner of the Moon City Press Book Prize and the SFPA's Elgin Award. She's also the author of PR for Poets: A Guidebook to Publicity and Marketing. Her work has been featured on The Writer's Almanac, Verse Daily, and The Best Horror of the Year. Her work appeared in journals such as American Poetry Review; Notre Dame Review, and Prairie Schooner.

Other poems by Jeannine Hall Gailey in Verse Daily:
July 21, 2017:   "The Last Love Poem" "I am obsolete as my ancestors, the Appalachian glass blowers..."
June 10, 2015:   "Advice from the Robot Scientist's Daughter" "After all, the moon has fallen asleep and you are alone...."
December 12, 2013:   "She Had Unexplained Fevers" "some nights she just wasn?t..."
July 16, 2011:   "Advice Given to Me Before My Wedding" "Better to be the lover than the beloved, you'll have passion...."
July 13, 2007:   "The Husband Tries to Write to the Disappearing Wife" " I could have kept you..."
April 30, 2006:   "When Red Becomes the Wolf" " In my dream you brought me fired bologna sandwiches...."
April 5, 2006:   "Femme Fatale" " Even our names sound delicious..."
March 1, 2005:  "Wonder Woman Dreams of the Amazon" "I miss the tropes of Paradise—green vines..."

Books by Jeannine Hall Gailey:

Other poems on the web by Jeannine Hall Gailey:
Three poems
"East of Sun, West of the Moon"
"The Case of the Missing. . ."
"They Say You Can’t Go Home Again"
"Self-Portrait as Escape Artist"
Three poems
Five poems
Three poems
"In Which I Declare My Resistance"
Four poems
"At the End of Time (Wish You Were Here)"
"April in Middle Age"
"Cesium Burns Blue"
"Elemental"
"Elemental"
Four poems
"The Robot Scientist's Daughter [apocalypse]"
"Appalachian Childhoods Look Much More Picturesque"
Five poems
Six poems
Four poems
Two poems
"Female Comic Book Superheroes"
Two poems
"Allerleirauh Reveals Her True Self to the Prince"
"To a Self-Proclaimed Manic Depressive Ex-Stripper Poet, After a Reading"
"Sleeping Beauty Loves the Needle"
"The Snow Queen"
"The Robot Scientist's Daughter [Before]"
"I Forgot to Tell You the Most Important Part. . ."

Jeannine Hall Gailey's Home Page.

Jeannine Hall Gailey according to Wikipedia.

Jeannine Hall Gailey on Twitter.

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Redactions: Poetry & Poetics * 58 South Main Street * Third Floor * Brockport, NY 14420
Editors: Tom Holmes, Michelle Bonczek, & Mike Dockins

Other poems from Redactions in Verse Daily:
March 5, 2011:   "One Way of Looking at Thirteen Blackbirds" by Jeff Tigchelaar
January 25, 2010:   "String Theory" by Ronald Wallace
February 13, 2009:   "Astrologia" by James Grabill
February 11, 2009:   "Sense" by Brian Diamond
February 9, 2009:   "The God of the Normandy Coast" by James Doyle
July 14, 2007:   "The Rule of Geese" by Tricia Asklar
July 16, 2006:   "On Falling and Failing" by J. P. Dancing Bear
July 5, 2006:   "Afternoon Ether" by Dawn Lonsinger
December 29, 2005:   "Gray Gone Missing" by Michael Robins
December 26, 2005:   "Ponderous Borer" by Linda Cooper
December 25, 2005:   "Prayer" by Susan Denning
December 20, 2005:   "Fiber Optics" by John Whalen

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