Unexpected Return

A Cento

Authors

  • Gabrielle Grilli Author

Keywords:

poem

Abstract

In this cento assembled from lines by poets from Lady Mary Wroth to Rita Dove, a speaker haunted by grief recalls a woman’s arrival that made the world stand still.

Author Biography

  • Gabrielle Grilli

    Gabrielle Grilli is a poet who graduated from the Master of Fine Arts Program at the University of South Florida teaching Composition and Creative Writing. Her interests include versification and the evolution of poetry forms. She graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in English and minors in French and Teaching. Her work has been featured in Chasing Light: A Burgert Brothers Anthology, Panoplyzine, The Racket, The Fine Print, Sweet Lit, and Saw Palm: Places to Stand. She was also a finalist in the Spring 2020 F(r)iction Poetry Contest.

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Published

2021-07-15

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): 15th Anniversary Issue

Section

Creative Works

How to Cite

Grilli, Gabrielle. “Unexpected Return: A Cento”. The Mailer Review, vol. 15, no. 1, July 2021, p. 398, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/66.