Allan Peterson's This Luminous, New and Selected Poems, from Panhandler Books is the most recent of his six books and a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Some other titles include Precarious, 42 Miles Press; All the Lavish in Common, a Juniper Prize winner, and Fragile Acts, McSweeney's, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His chapbook, Other Than They Seem, received the Snowbound Award from Tupelo Press. He also appears in critic Stephanie Burt's The Poem is You, 60 Contemporary Poets and How to Read Them. He lives and writes in Ashland, Oregon.

Other poems by Allan Peterson in Verse Daily:
December 6, 2014:   "Following" "We had been following spring rivers..."
October 3, 2011:   "As Far As I Know" "As far as I know is not that far..."
September 14, 2010:   "Omnivore" "Perhaps I could even eat candles and survive..."
October 13, 2008:   "Over a Ballpoint" "They are afraid they said..."
July 1, 2007:   "Matter and Disappearance" " I know my heart brings me missiles..."
April 8, 2003:  "The Totality of Facts" "The laughing gull that flew behind the fencepost..."

Books by Allan Peterson:

Other poems on the web by Allan Peterson:
"This Luminous"
Six poems
Two poems
Two poems
"Lasting Impressions"
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems

Allan Peterson's Website.