Karen Holmberg
Karen Holmberg's second book of poems, Axis Mundi, won the John Ciardi Prize and will be published in the fall of 2012 by BkMk Press. Her writing has appeard in Southern Poetry Review, West Branch, Cave Wall, Black Warrior Review, and Cimarron Review. She teaches in the MFA program at Oregon State University.
Reading List
Zebra Finch at Petco
Holmberg Zebra Finch at Petco The male tweezes a bald millet stalk off a sahara of graveled paper. The pert watch movements of his head ignite a ember on each cheek, buff bright the beak’s rose hip hue. His elderberry …