I.
A soap-opera rising and sinking of bodies,
melt of glaciers, flamboyant sculpture of waves—
west wind at thirty knots—
this serial archipelago the drama of centuries.
Forgotten Steamboat Island
swallowed
jump to
states
Wisconsin
In January 2017, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters named Karla Huston the poet laureate of Wisconsin. She is the author of the poetry collection A Theory of Lipstick (Main Street Rag, 2013), which received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association. She lives in Appleton, Wisconsin.
upcoming events
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Aug 01 2017
Free poetry reading featuring Ching-In Chen, Brenda Cárdenas, and Dawn Tefft. 8:00pm
720 E. Locust Street
53212
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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recent & featured listings
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name |
state |
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| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Woodland Pattern Book Center | Wisconsin |
| Literary Organization | Wisconsin Humanities Council | Wisconsin |
| Literary Organization | Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets | Wisconsin |
| Festival | Wisconsin Book Festival | Wisconsin |
| Writing Program | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Graduate Concentration in Creative Writing | Wisconsin |
| Writing Program | University of Wisconsin Creative Writing Program | Wisconsin |
| Small Press | The University of Wisconsin Press | Wisconsin |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | The Reader’s Loft Bookstore | Wisconsin |
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | Scholar’s Haven | Wisconsin |
| Literary Organization | PortalWisconsin | Wisconsin |
poems
poem
2011
In Milwaukee it is snowing on the golden statue of the 1970s television star whose television house was in Milwaukee and also on the Comet Cafe and on the white museum the famous Spanish architect built with a glass elevator through it and a room with a button that when you press it makes two
poem
2013
After skimming the Sunday Times, Dad turned to the back of the magazine
and tore out the crossword puzzle for his mother in Wisconsin—
as routine as my calligraphy class on Saturdays, flute practice
exactly twenty minutes on school nights
and astringent twice daily. I loved
