A selection of poems in which the poet takes on the voice of a character or entity—a persona—to be the speaker of the poem.
Quintana, Valerina. "Sonoran Whiptail Lizard: Personal Ad." Spiral Orb 5 (2012): n. pag. Web. 26 April 2012.
Dove, Rita. Playlist for the Apocalypse. New York: Norton, 2021.
Clifton, Lucille. Voices. Rochester, NY: BOA Editions, Ltd., 2008.
Differs slightly from published version.
Cody, Anthony. Borderland Apocrypha. Oakland: Omnidawn Publishing, 2020.
Differs from published version.
Smith, Patricia. Close to Death. Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1993.
Doty, Mark. Deep Lane. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Dungy, Camille T. What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison. Los Angeles: Red Hen Press, 2006.
Read in English. Differs from published version.
Alegría, Claribel. Fugues. Trans. D.J. Flakoll. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993.
Rekdal, Paisley. West: A Translation. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2023.
Uncollected, unpublished.
