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Today's poem is "Postcard from Old Hollywood Beach"

from The Cincinnati Review

Maureen Seaton has authored two dozen poetry collections, both solo and collaborative. Her recent solo collections are Undersea (JackLeg, 2021) and Sweet World (CavanKerry, 2019), winner of the 2019 Florida Book Award for poetry. Her recent co-authored collections are Myth America (Anhinga Press, 2020), a chapbook with Carolina Hospital, Nicole Hospital-Medina, and Holly Iglesias; and Zero-Zero (Hysterical Press, 2021), a chapbook with Kristine Snodgrass. Her honors include Lambda Literary Awards for both Lesbian Poetry and Lesbian Memoir, the Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Award, an NEA, and the Pushcart. She was voted Miami's Best Poet 2020 by The Miami New Times.

Other poems by Maureen Seaton in Verse Daily:
June 25, 2018:   "Infidel" "Don't pretend you've got a corner on grave idols..."
April 5, 2016:   "Stairway to Heaven Sonnet" "Florida's state bird is the crane, by which we mean..." (with Denise Duhamel)
June 24, 2013:   "fish Tales" "Look at her, all ocean...."
February 4, 2012:   "The Boat with a Boy's Heart" "He was a small boy—lighter than a shrimp boat..." (with Neil de la Flor)
September 6, 2002:  "When I Was Straight" "....I read a book that said if you are fickle...."
August 1, 2002:  "Fiddleheads" "The first time I saw hundreds of fiddlehead ferns boiling in an enormous pot..."

Books by Maureen Seaton:

Other poems on the web by Maureen Seaton:
"Patience of the Light"
Two poems
Four poems
Three poems
"Palm Sunday"
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
Two poems
Three poems
"When I Was Bi(nary)"
"Whiteout"
Two poems
Five poems

Maureen Seaton's Website.

Maureen Seaton on Twitter.

About The Cincinnati Review:

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