Marilyn Taylor: "Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat"

The VPR Poem of the Week is Marilyn Taylor’s “Rondeau: Old Woman with Cat,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2001 issue (Volume II, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Marilyn Taylor is the author of five volumes of poetry, including The Accident of Light (Thorntree, 1991), Shadows Like These (Caxton, 1994), Exit Only (Anamnesis Press, 2001), Greatest Hits: 1986-2000 (Pudding House Press, 2001), and Subject to Change (David Roberts Books, 2004). Her sixth collection of poems, Going Wrong, is forthcoming from Parallel Press. Taylor’s honors include an Associated Writing Programs Intro Award, an Academy of American Poets Award, and the Passager Poet Award. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, such as Able Muse, Alabama Literary Review, American Scholar, Atlanta Review, Cream City Review, Evansville Review, Indiana Review, Poetry, Poetry Daily, Poetry Northwest, and Smartish Pace. She is a contributing editor for The Writer magazine, where her articles on craft regularly appear. Governor James Doyle appointed Marilyn Taylor Poet Laureate for the State of Wisconsin in November, 2008. Readers will find Barbara Crooker’s review of Taylor’s Subject to Change in the Spring/Summer 2005 issue (Volume VI, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

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