This "Poetry Daily" feature page spotlights Cleopatra Mathis' appearance in The Southern Review. Read an online version of her poem "Fist," and then click on a link to peruse a current tissue of the famous literary magazine.

BIOGRAPHY
Cleopatra Mathis (b. 1947) was born in Ruston, Louisiana of Greek and Cherokee descent. She received her B.A. from Southwest Texas State University and an M.F.A. from Columbia University. She published three books of poetry, An Aerial View of Louisiana (1980), The Bottom Land (1983), and The Center for Cold Weather (1989), and has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Robert Frost Award, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and the Lavin Award for Younger Poets. She is currently a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at Dartmouth College.