{"id":36,"date":"2015-08-08T06:38:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T06:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christinacook.us\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:45:34","slug":"poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christinacook.us\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinacook.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN1177_21.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"DSCN1177_2\" class=\"wp-image-130\" style=\"width:447px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinacook.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN1177_21.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinacook.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN1177_21.jpg?resize=818%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 818w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christinacook.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCN1177_21.jpg?w=1072&amp;ssl=1 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Cerise Press<\/em><\/strong><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerisepress.com\/02\/05\/an-abecedarian-marriage-mary-jo-bangs-the-bride-of-e\/view-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Abecedarian Marriage: Mary Jo Bang\u2019s <em>Bride of E<\/em><br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerisepress.com\/03\/07\/tonight-no-poetry-will-serve-poems-2007-2010-by-adrienne-rich\/view-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poverties and Protest: Tonight No Poetry Will Serve&nbsp;by Adrienne Rich<\/a><em><br><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerisepress.com\/03\/07\/tourist-in-hell-by-eleanor-wilner\/view-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travels to Tartarus:&nbsp;<em>A Tourist in Hell<\/em> by Eleanor Wilner<\/a><em><br><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerisepress.com\/03\/08\/strata-by-ewa-chrusciel\/view-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evidence of Belonging: <em>Strata <\/em>by Ewa Cruschiel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Colorado Review<br><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/coloradoreview.colostate.edu\/reviews\/i-need-music\/\">Music to Break Yourself By: <em>I Need Music<\/em> by Anais Duplan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Cutbank Reviews<\/strong><br><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutbankonline.org\/reviews\/2016\/8\/cutbank-reviews-sea-summit-not-in-the-heart-but-in-the-humming\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cutbankonline.org\/reviews\/2016\/8\/cutbank-reviews-sea-summit-not-in-the-heart-but-in-the-humming\">Not in the Heart but in the Humming: <em>Sea Summit<\/em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;Yi Lu<\/a><em><br><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cutbankonline.org\/cutbank-literary-magazine-2\/2013\/10\/cutbank-reviews-my-funeral-gondola-by-fiona-sze-lorrain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fiona Sze-Lorrain\u2019s <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cutbankonline.org\/cutbank-literary-magazine-2\/2013\/10\/cutbank-reviews-my-funeral-gondola-by-fiona-sze-lorrain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My Funeral Gondola<\/a><br><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutbankonline.org\/reviews\/2014\/05\/cutbank-reviews-i-can-almost-see-the-clouds-of-dust-by-yu-xiang\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cutbankonline.org\/reviews\/2014\/05\/cutbank-reviews-i-can-almost-see-the-clouds-of-dust-by-yu-xiang\">Yu Xiang\u2019s <em>I Can Almost See the Clouds of&nbsp;Dust<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The 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data-id=\"https:\/\/minorliteratures.com\/2026\/07\/08\/today-yesterday-after-my-death-by-maureen-alsop-christina-cook\/\">&#8220;The Invisible Path of the Sun&#8221;: <em>Today Yesterday After My Death<\/em> by Maureen Alsop<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Northern Woodlands Magazine<\/strong><br><\/em>David Budbill\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Happy-Life-David-Budbill\/dp\/1556593740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Happy Life<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Poets\u2019 Quarterly<\/strong><br><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/poetsquarterly.yolasite.com\/fall09_alsop.php\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/poetsquarterly.yolasite.com\/fall09_alsop.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maureen Alsop&#8217;s<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/poetsquarterly.yolasite.com\/fall09_alsop.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Dream and the Dream You Spoke<\/a><br><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetsquarterly.com\/2010\/01\/review-by-christina-cook-anxious-music.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April Ossmann\u2019s <em>Anxious Music<br><\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/poetsquarterly.yolasite.com\/spring10_militello.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jennifer Militello\u2019s<em> Flinch of Song<br><\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/poetsquarterly.yolasite.com\/winter11_balbo.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ned Balbo\u2019s <em>Something Must Happen<br><\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/poetsquarterly.yolasite.com\/winter11_atkins.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cynthia Atkins\u2019 <em>Psyche\u2019s Weathers<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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href=\"https:\/\/usfblogs.usfca.edu\/switchback\/reviews\/lan-lans-canyon-in-the-body-a-cross-cultural-feminine-landscape\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/usfblogs.usfca.edu\/switchback\/reviews\/lan-lans-canyon-in-the-body-a-cross-cultural-feminine-landscape\/\">Lan Lan\u2019s <em> Canyon in the Body:<\/em>&nbsp;A Cross-cultural Feminine Landscape<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The Rumpus<br><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/therumpus.net\/2015\/10\/the-ruined-elegance-by-fiona-sze-lorrain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Ruined Elegance<\/em> by Fiona Sze-Lorrain<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2025\/06\/26\/a-space-of-her-own\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/therumpus.net\/2025\/06\/26\/a-space-of-her-own\/\">A Space of Her Own: <em>A Curious Hunger<\/em> by Marcia LeBeau<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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