Martha Zweig

Martha Zweig

Martha Zweig’s four full-length poetry collections include Get Lost, Monkey Lightning, What Kind, and Vinegar Bone; a current manuscript is circulating. Her chapbooks are Powers and A Skirmish of Harks (e-book). Zweig’s poems appear widely; her recognitions include Hopwood Awards, a Whiting Award, Pushcart and Best-of-the-Net nominations, plus a Warren Wilson MFA. She lives in Vermont where she worked ten years as an advocate for seniors, following another ten years handling garments in a pajama factory where she served a term as ILGWU shop chair. Martha recommends Jewish Voice for Peace.

Nobody knows where they were
any such day, night, or why. I summon the high
literature of motiveless malignity.
Six succulent
cheap thrills on a doily, rearranged.

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