Frank Paino earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His fourth book, Dark Octaves, won the Longleaf Press Book Prize and is forthcoming (Winter 2024). His chapbook, Pietà, won the Jacar Press Chapbook Prize and was published in 2023. Frank has received a Pushcart Prize, The Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature, and an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. His poems have appeared in a variety of literary publications, including: Crab Orchard Review, Catamaran, North American Review, World Literature Today, Briar Cliff Review, Lake Effect, and a number of anthologies.

Other poems by Frank Paino in Verse Daily:
November 4, 2021:   "Nocturne on the Danube Promenade" "Forgive us—..."
October 20, 2020:   "Dog/Buddha" "The air, just now, tinged..."

Other poems on the web by Frank Paino:
"The Griffon Vulture's Prayer"
"Fiat to Autumn"
"Daphne, Again"
"The End of All Flight"
"Dirge"
Five poems
"Ophelia"
"Taxonomy"

Frank Paino's Website.

Frank Paino on Twitter.

Editors: Luke Hankins * Nathan Poole * Karen Tucker