Today's poem is
"Desire Path"
from Colorado Review
Louise Mathias
is the author of two books of poems, most recently The Traps (Four Way Books). Recent work appears in Tin House, Gulf Coast and The Journal. She lives in Joshua Tree, California.
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About Colorado Review:
May 31, 2013: "Form" "Maybe you forget these pointless hills...."
July 6, 2004: "Agapornis Personata (Masked Love Birds)" "It's their use of color that gets me: languid..."
June 4, 2004: "Stark Heaven" "Each winter has its inopulent day...."
October 24, 2003: "Mute Swan" "(no trumpet) & (no keeper). Save the loyal..."
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