This previously unpublished poem was selected as Poem of the Week, Sept. 22, 2009.

Sally Keith's first book, Design, won the 2000 Colorado Prize, judged by Allen Grossman. Her second manuscript, Dwelling Song, was chosen for publication by Bin Ramke and Fanny Howe for the University of Georgia's Contemporary Poetry Series. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize; has published poems in numerous journals, including: Denver Quarterly, Colorado Review, Volt, A Public Space, and Forklift, Ohio; and has received fellowships from The Breadloaf Writer's Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and most recently from the Brown Foundation Fellows Residence Program at the Dora Maar House in Menerbes, France. She is currently a faculty member of George Mason University's MFA program in Poetry. [2009]
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