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Poems by two-time Kingsley Tufts Prize finalist Rekdal (Imaginary Vessels) are rich with sensory language and a gift for story, real or invented. Here, the poet retells many of Ovid's myths, modernizing them and including a sonnet sequence and long narrative piece that moves between poetry and prose. In addition, she invokes the nightingale, long a symbol for poets, as the c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More