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My Only Life

by Lisa Olstein

I have arrived in a place I think I will stay for a while.
My shadow is cast before me by the paleness of a certain star

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Poem of the WeekLisa Olstein

Lisa Olstein is the author of Radio Crackling, Radio Gone, which won the Hayden Carruth Award, and of Lost Alphabet (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, Olstein has been widely published. She serves as associate director of the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts and is a cofounder of the Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts & Action.

Poems of the Week: 2009-2010

Poems of the Week: 2009-2010


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