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Winter’s Edge by Julia Caroline Knowlton

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Winter’s Edge

Everyone wants warm
sticky pink blossoms.
That sick semen smell
of ornamental pear.

I would love to know
what is so bad about bare
black branches cutting indigo
frigid shadow into diamond snow.

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Julia Caroline Knowlton is a Professor of French and Creative Writing at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. Julia has a PhD in French Literature (UNC-Chapel Hill) and an MFA in Poetry (Antioch University, Los Angeles). The author of one full-length poetry collection, three poetry chapbooks, a memoir and a children’s book, she has twice been named Georgia Author of the Year. Her work has also been recognized by the Academy of American Poets. She lives in Atlanta and Paris.

Knowlton is Guest Editor of ONE ART’s In a Nutshell: an anthology of micropoems.

Release Celebration for In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Micropoems

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Sunday, 2/22 at 2pm Eastern

We have invited all contributors to ONE ART’s ‘In a Nutshell: An Anthology of Micropoems’ to read their poem in this celebratory gathering on the day of the anthology’s virtual release.

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About Poems Selected for This Anthology

A carefully curated selection of poems that are 10 lines or less, transcend ordinary language through sound/symbol/image/metaphor/simile, and that hold or contain compressed poetic language as sustenance.

About The Guest Editor

Julia Caroline Knowlton is a Professor of French and Creative Writing at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. Julia has a PhD in French Literature (UNC-Chapel Hill) and an MFA in Poetry (Antioch University, Los Angeles). The author of one full-length poetry collection, three poetry chapbooks, a memoir and a children’s book, she has twice been named Georgia Author of the Year. Her work has also been recognized by the Academy of American Poets. She lives in Atlanta and Paris.