Rondeau

By Laura Kasischke

Small and panting mass

Of moonlight and dampness on a log

This glistening tumor, terrible frog

Of moonlight and dampness on a log

My small and panting mass

Source: Poetry (April 2011)

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Poet and novelist Laura Kasischke was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Michigan. Her books of poetry include Wild Brides (1992), Fire and Flower (1998), Dance and Disappear (2002), Gardening in the Dark (2004), Lilies Without...

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