Editor's Note:  Rhina Espaillat, who lends her good judgement to me as an advisor to this site, has permitted me to post more of her poems here than she feels is modest; but in my view, a talent such as hers should be shared generously.

Rhina has published three books, Lapsing to Grace, Where Horizons Go (which won the T.S. Eliot Prize for 1998), and Rehearsing Absence (which won the Richard Wilbur Award for 2001).  In addition, 28 of her poems were printed in Landscapes with Women: Four American Poets.  She has won a variety of prizes and awards in addition to the ones mentioned above.  Her two most recent books can be ordered from Amazon (click the link below); for her other books, please write to the editor by clicking here.