Lamp of the Body

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Lamp of the Body poems d Maggie Smith Red hen pRess Los angeLes Lamp of the Body Copyright © 2005 by Maggie Smith ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner. Cover image and author photo by Lesley Louden Book design by MichaelVukadinovich Cover Design by Mark E. Cull ISBN: 1-888996-88-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005920070 Published by Red Hen Press The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California Arts Council, Los Angeles County Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts partially support Red Hen Press. First Edition acknowLedgements Thanks to the editors of the following journals in which certain of these poems, some in earlier versions or with different titles, first appeared: Alaska Quarterly Review: “The One About the Wolf”; Beacon Street Review: “Horoscope (1)” & “Delilah”; Beloit Poetry Journal: “Psalm (1)” & “Psalm (2)”; Crab Orchard Review:“Singular”; Florida Review: “CountryWarnings” & “Trompe l’Oeil”; ForPoetry.com:“Dorothy Waking” & “Job”; Gulf Coast:“The Poem Speaks to Desperation” & “The Poem Speaks to Nothing”; Indiana Review:“Nearsighted”; The Iowa Review: “Button”; Many Mountains Moving: “Moses”; MidAmerican Review: “The Wife of Lot”; Passages North: “Re-imagined Evening with D.” & “The Taste of Bone”; Phoebe: “The Poem Speaks to Danger”;Poetry Northwest:“DoubtingThomas”&“Memoir , in Circles”; Prairie Schooner: “The Beginning”; Roanoke Review: “Cana”;Swink:“See No Evil”;Two Rivers Review:“Stella by Starlight” My deepest thanks to Kathy Fagan, Andrew Hudgins, Fred Leebron ,David Citino,Jeredith Merrin,Kathryn Rhett,and Robert Flanagan: for their wisdom, encouragement, and friendship. Thanks also to Katie Pierce, who helped nurse many of these poems to health. Thanks to Lesley Louden, true friend and brilliant photographer. Special thanks to my friends and family, in Ohio and beyond. And to JHB, more than thanks. This page intentionally left blank. ...