Poem of the Week: “Weight” by Michael Dobberstein

vprThe VPR Poem of the Week is Michael Dobberstein’s “Weight,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2007-2008 issue (Volume IX, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Michael Dobberstein teaches creative writing, desktop publishing, and literature at Purdue University-Calumet. He has published poems in Beloit Poetry Journal, Cumberland Review, The Formalist, The New Formalist, Pebble Lake Review, Poetry, and other journals.

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