This month, we’re thrilled to present five pieces by Karen Kovacik… fantastic wordsmith, Indiana’s Poet Laureate, and all around cool person.  Also this month, we’re changing up the format a bit so that we can include a few interview questions to set up the poems—though obviously, in the case of great poems like these, no setup is required.

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The Almanac of Night

 

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Clothes Drying on the Balcony

 

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My Mother Contemplates What to Wear in Her Casket

 

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To My Last Period