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“Phantom” first appeared in Chelsea.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deborah Woodard<\/a> was born in New York City and raised in Vermont, and currently lives in Seattle. She holds an MFA from the University of California at Irvine and a PhD from the University of Washington. Her first full-length poetry collection is Plato\u2019s Bad Horse<\/em><\/a> (Bear Star Press, 2006). Her second collection, Borrowed Tales, <\/em><\/a>was released from Stockport Flats in December, 2012. She is the author of three chapbooks, most recently Hunter Mnemonics<\/a> <\/em>(hemel press, 2008), which was illustrated by artist Heide Hinrichs. Her translation the Italian of Amelia Rosselli, The Dragonfly<\/em>: A Selection of Poems 1953-1981,<\/em> <\/a>was published by Chelsea Editions <\/em>(2009). She teaches hybrid creative writing and literature classes at the Richard Hugo House.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Phantom I can play each part, be Hamlet, hands in pockets, and then the bikers disappearing over the lip of the grave. Plus, the dog\u2019s four legs. There\u2019s a cold gold light, everything shaking and Ophelia newly dead. My initial … Continue reading