Lisa Allen Ortiz is the author of Stem, winner of the 2022 Idaho Prize judged by Ilya Kaminsky and of Guide to the Exhibit, winner of the 2016 Perugia Press Prize. She lives in Santa Cruz.

Other poems by Lisa Allen Ortiz in Verse Daily:
March 20, 2023:   "I am Not a Robot" "What language do..."
April 22, 2019:   "Later, I Learned to Speak Without a Tongue." "But first I wrote backwards...."
December 20, 2016:   "Ursa Major" "The bears again..."
January 11, 2014:   "Acre" "If we had one, I said, we could grow lettuce and peas..."
October 18, 2013:   "The Ventriloquist's Heart" "At dinner I lean in close...."
October 31, 2009:   "The Tortoise Survives the Fire" "He's at my friend's house now...."

Books by Lisa Allen Ortiz:

Other poems on the web by Lisa Allen Ortiz:
Three poems
"Algorithm"
Three poems
"Patois"
"Why We're Going to Church"
Two poems

Lisa Allen Ortiz's Website.

About Stem:

"Beautiful manuscript of lyrical poems that surprise as much as they they tell the truth about one's day, one's life. There is honesty here that isn't flat, doesn't tractor over the reader, but uplifts one, helps to get through the day. This honesty isn't in any way confessional, unless by confessional we mean a voice of an earthling sharing what it means to be alive on this planet here, today. This is a terrific book of poems."
—Ilya Kaminsky