The VPR Poem of the Week is Kim Bridgford’s “Iceland,” which appeared in the Spring/Summer 2006 issue (Volume VII, Number 2) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.
Kim Bridgford directs the West University Poetry Center. She is the author of five books of poetry. Her works of poetry and fiction also have appeared in Christian Science Monitor, Iowa Review, Massachusetts Review, North American Review, Redbook, Witness, and many other publications. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
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