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by Laura Kasischke

The first time I sit down to it alone
I am flesh surrounded by space.

The space begins at the edges of my body
and from there it expands to contain


everything.


I’ve sinned.
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Poem of the WeekLaura Kasischke

Laura Kasischke is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Dance and Disappear, recipient of the Juniper Award in 2002, and Space, in Chains (Copper Canyon Press, 2011), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She has received many other honors as well, including the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America and several Pushcart Prizes. Her novels include The Life before Her Eyes, which was adapted for film, and The Raising (2011). A professor of English at the University of Michigan, Kasischke lives in Chelsea, Michigan, with her husband and son.


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2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry




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