Allison Joseph

Allison Joseph is the author of Dwelling (Red Hen Press, 2025) and Blue Streak (Glass Lyre Press, 2025). She is on the faculty of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she teaches poetry and serves as editor of Crab Orchard Review.

Poetry – Issue 37

Rondeau for a Long-distance Love

I take your books to bed with me, / enchanted by the history / of how you’ve lived and where you’ve been— / your days of fortitude or sin,