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Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter

Congratulations to Yvonne for the feature of her poem "Night Noise" on Verse Daily on December 12, 2021.
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​Praise for Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound

Oh, how I resent the constrictions of blurbese in speaking of such a collection, given its abundantly laudable qualities. One is that rarest of features in our time, what the Augustans called Wit (see, e.g., “The Pencils Speak of Impermanence”). There is also Zipter’s matchless eye for physical detail, ranging from the natural world to conjugal and even canine love. Supreme, however, is the poet’s way with pathos: read, say, the paean to her grandfather Elmer and stay dry-eyed—dare you! Early in the book, the poet complains, “I wish I’d been around when the world was new / and everything needed names," and yet her own naming makes everything new again.
               —Sydney Lea, Poet Laureate of Vermont, 2011-2015

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Yvonne Zipter is the author of the full-length collection The Patience of Metal (Hutchinson House), which was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and the chapbook Like Some Bookie God (Pudding House Publications). Her poems have appeared in numerous periodicals over the years, including Poetry, Southern Humanities Review, Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, Bellingham Review, and Spoon River Poetry Review, as well as in several anthologies. She is also the author of two nonfiction books: Diamonds Are a Dyke’s Best Friend (Firebrand Books) and Ransacking the Closet (Spinsters Ink). Her long-running poetry project—selling her published poems in two vending machines in Chicago to raise money for a local arts organization—was recently featured on Chicago’s PBS station. She lives in Illinois.

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  • Forthcoming
    • A Cartography of Home, by Hayden Saunier
    • Tell Me How You Got Here, by Emily Franklin
    • The Curator's Notes, by Robin Rosen Chang
    • These Few Seeds, by Meghan Sterling
    • The Feast Delayed, by Diane LeBlanc
    • The Wind Apples, by Jeff Ewing
  • Redux Series
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    • Poetry Books >
      • NEW--Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars, by Patricia Clark
      • NEW—A Kinship with Ash, by Heather Swan
      • NEW—Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, by Yvonne Zipter
      • NEW—Somatic, by Ann Keniston
      • NEW—Ghost Dogs, by Dion O'Reilly
      • Sugar Fix, by Kory Wells
      • The Honey of Earth, by David Graham
      • The Davids Inside David, by Sarah Wetzel
      • The Bones of Winter Birds, by Ann Fisher-Wirth
      • Strange What Rises, by Gary Whitehead
      • Suspension, by Paige Riehl
      • The Northway, by Lisa Bellamy
      • The Infinite Doctrine of Water, by Michael T. Young
      • Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly
      • No Such Thing As Distance, by Karen Paul Holmes
      • Leaves Surface Like Skin, by Michelle Menting
      • How to Wear This Body, by Hayden Saunier
      • Travel Notes from the River Styx, by Susanna Lang
      • Route 66 and Its Sorrows, by Carolyn Miller
      • The Canopy, by Patricia Clark
      • Bluewords Greening, by Christine Stewart-Nunez
      • Cutting Room, by Jessica de Koninck
      • The Persistence of Longing, by Lynne Knight
      • Confessions of a Captured Angel, by Neil Carpathios
    • Craft Books >
      • The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics
      • The Crafty Poet: A Portable Workshop
      • The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop
    • Anthologies >
      • NEW—A Constellation of Kisses
      • The Book of Donuts, edited by Jason Lee Brown and Shanie Latham
      • The Doll Collection
  • Submissions
    • Guidelines
  • FAQs
  • Poetry Salon
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