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Today's poem is "Soldier Heart"

from 32 Poems

Beth Gylys is a professor of Creative Writing at Georgia State University, her 4th collection of poetry Body Braille is forthcoming with Iris Press. Her other books include Sky Blue Enough to Drink, Spot in the Dark, and Bodies that Hum; she has also published two chapbooks Matchbook and Balloon Heart. Her work has appeared in Rattle, Barrow Street, Paris Review, and many other journals and anthologies.

Other poems by Beth Gylys in Verse Daily:
September 26, 2019:   "Made Bed" "He could have been my lover again that night..."
April 18, 2016:   "What Drives Us" "He was like the key to a cellar..."
April 3, 2016:   "Apron Strings" "I have lied about my mother...."
September 18, 2002:  "Do Not Dive Head-First" "Do not dive head-first in that puddle of mud..."

Books by Beth Gylys:

Other poems on the web by Beth Gylys:
"Measure of Normal"
Three poems
"Second Marriage"
Six poems
Four poems

Beth Gylys According to Wikipedia.

About 32 Poems:

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Other poems from 32 Poems in Verse Daily:
February 4, 2020:   "Entreaty" by Catherine Pierce
February 3, 2020:   "The Elect" by Beth Gylys
March 28, 2017:   "Love Poem" by Maggie Smith
September 26, 2016:   "Vane" by Beth Gylys
September 23, 2016:   "Prisoners' Parable of the Flood" by Susannah Nevison
January 19, 2016:   "Father" by Jessica Piazza
January 18, 2016:   "Summer" by Randall Mann
November 17, 2015:   "Smetana" by Bruce Bond
October 17, 2013:   "Self-Portrait with Quarry" by Elisabeth Murawski
October 16, 2013:   "The Belt" by Noah Kucij
September 12, 2012:   "Passion Flower" by Melissa Apperson
September 11, 2012:   "Wandering Albatross" by Suzanne Zweizig
August 24, 2011:   "Alley" by Jeffery L. Bahr
January 7, 2011:   "Late" by Sidney Wade
January 6, 2011:   "Dictator" by Melissa Stein
February 8, 2010:   "Praise Nothing" by Joshua Robbins
June 25, 2009:   "Bats in the Attic" by Chelsea Rathburn
June 23, 2009:   "Rip Cord" by Jamie Thomas
February 22, 2009:   "Bats in the Attic" by Anthony Walton
February 21, 2009:   "The Pencil" by Billy Collins
April 22, 2007:   "Thin Ice" by Randall Stiffler
November 30, 2005:   "Cod" by David Roderick
May 16, 2005:  "Bird Advice" Jill Alexander Essbaum
May 14, 2005:  "Parting Shot" Brendan O'Connor
May 3, 2005:  "Boat" Carol Frost
February 9, 2005:  "Fabulous Ones" by Jeffrey Thomson
February 8, 2005:  "Ultrasound" by A. E. Stallings
February 7, 2005:  "Year of the Blues" by A. C. Schaffer
June 29, 2004:  "Bonfire" by Julie Funderburk
June 28, 2004:  "Ill-Made Almighty" by Heather McHugh
January 3, 2004:  "Vane Countries" by Geoffrey Brock
December 31, 2003:  "Litany for Treetops" by C. J. Sage
July 15, 2003:  "The Trouble with Being Born" by Christina Davis
July 14, 2003:  "Outer Banks (II)" by Christian Wiman
July 9, 2003:  "Sonnet" by Kimberly Johnson

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