In early June I had the pleasure of serving as a guest-blogger at the Best American Poetry blog. (If you’re not already reading the BAP blog, allow me to recommend it; it’s as smart, wry, and multifaceted as one might imagine.)
I posted three poems over the course of my week there. Two of them are sestinas, both because I’m on a sestina kick lately and because I happen to know that the fine fellow who founded the BAP phenomenon is a fan of the form. Here are links to all three poems:
Sestina Featuring Six Words Commonly Used On This Blog
It was a delight to lend my words to the Best American Poetry folks for a while. Thanks for the invitation, gang!
–Rachel Barenblat






