Bio
Karen George’s (Florence, KY) most recent books are the poetry collection Caught in the Trembling Net (Kelsay Books, 2024), and the fiction collection How We Fracture (Minerva Rising Press, 2024).
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Poems Submitted This Year:
- June 01, 2026 We slept in nets
- June 02, 2026 Once,
- June 03, 2026 She slinks into
- June 05, 2026 I go into the garden
- June 06, 2026 I can hardly believe
- June 07, 2026 I felt as if
- June 08, 2026 Imagine her surprise when desire arrives at 73
- June 10, 2026 Living in the edges
- June 11, 2026 What is it about reading in your car,
- June 12, 2026 The world is a terrible, beautiful place
- June 13, 2026 I was saddened to learn
- June 14, 2026 I am from
- June 14, 2026 I am from
- June 15, 2026 Christening Gown
- June 16, 2026 Honey Locusts
- June 19, 2026 The taste of
- June 20, 2026 A Bigger Puddle Near Kilham, painting by David Hockney, 2005
- June 21, 2026 To My 10-year-old Catholic Self
- June 23, 2026 On my way to a friend’s house,
- June 24, 2026 Ode to the Silicone Jar Opener/Gripper
- June 25, 2026 So many things remain undone,
- June 27, 2026 When this world overwhelms me,
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