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Iowa Writes KIMBERLY JOHNSON Giambattista Porta, sunburned, intent more resembles a red homunculus the likenesses of lung to lungwort, the bruise splayed in lovely, grotesque anatomies. to let each plant reveal by its sure signs not like louche bone thieves and hair-sellers Sheba into gardened fame: Thine eyes, love, Queenly woman, she must have smiled to read armored neck and a honeycomb tongue, remember every dress she ever wore. seeks to remedy its shortfalls with compares, |
About Iowa Writes Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette. In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature. Find out more about submitting by contacting iowa-writes@uiowa.edu KIMBERLY JOHNSON Graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and recent winner of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, Kimberly Johnson is the author of Leviathan with a Hook and the forthcoming A Metaphorical God. |
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