"A bridge is on its way
But don’t demand that
The lilies speak, as for myself
I was shaped within a strict science
According to the chamber of clouds I was
Of air and flesh, torch-blue"
Allyssa Wolf was in born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1971. Wolf’s first book of poetry, Vaudeville, is a carnivalesque take on the entertainment world. Recipient of a Gertrude Stein Award (PIP Gertrude Stein Awards Anthology, Green Integer, 2006), her recent work can be found in Soft Targets, LIT, Green Integer Review, Counterpath Online, Cannibal, and Coconut. She lives in San Francisco.