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Lola Haskins

Headshot of writer Lola Haskins with hair blowing in her face.

Lola Haskins is the author of Desire Lines: New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions, 2004). Her poetry has been published in former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's column, "American Life in Poetry." She lives in Florida.

Poems by Lola Haskins
  • Grandmother Speaks of the Old Country

  • To Play Pianissimo

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