Kathryn Starbuck

Biography

Kathryn Starbuck’s first poetry collection is titled Griefmania (Sheepmeadow, 2006), and her newest collection, Sex Perhaps, is forthcoming. Poems from the new collection have been published (or will soon appear) in Poetry, The New Yorker, The New Republic, Ploughshares, AGNI online, and Southwest Review, among other journals. Some are anthologized in The Best American Poetry series. She is at work on her third book of poems. Along with Elizabeth Meese, Starbuck edited two volumes of poetry by her late husband George Starbuck.

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POETRY

Poetry Poster #9: Kathryn Starbuck

By Kathryn Starbuck
POETRY / Summer 2012

The Bed Sleeps with No One

By Kathryn Starbuck

You smiled, slumped in your chair.
I was reclining. We talked but
not much was said. It was the day

POETRY / Summer 2012

Alone with Me

By Kathryn Starbuck

Once again the land was alone
with me. The hills were humped and low.