Today's poem is
"Two Gifts of Mushrooms in Two Sacks"
from Ecotone
Lee Upton
's poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Poetry, and in many other journals as well as three editions of Best American Poetry. She is the author of books of poetry, fiction, and literary criticism. Her seventh book of poetry, THE DAY EVERY DAY IS, won the 2021 Saturnalia Prize and is forthcoming from Saturnalia in 2023.
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About Ecotone:
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November 27, 2018: "Why Am I Not Invited to Your Party?" "And what are your parties like without me?..."
August 25 2015: "Antlers in the Conference Room" "It's not loud at first around a crowd of us..."
July 5, 2013: "Song of the Jellyfish" "If Iâm sap in a bladder or a..."
February 12, 2012: "Ode to Ink" "There has to be a heart in a book..."
March 3, 2009: "Dear Succubus" "Ornery and ancient..."
November 25, 2007: "The Table" "To rise from the table..."
April 25, 2006: "Undid in the Land of Undone" " All the things I wanted to do and didn't..."
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June 9, 2020: "Here on Earth" by Chad Abushanab
June 8, 2020: "Unsonnet" by Lesley Wheeler
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June 5, 2020: "An Unsent Letter" by Jenna Le
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