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Rachel Contreni Flynn

Mundelein, Illinois

She is the author of Haywire (Bright Hill Press, 2009) and Tongue (Red Hen Press, 2010). Her poetry has been published in former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's column, "American Life in Poetry." She lives in Chicago.

Headshot of poet Rachel Contreni Flynn in front of a fence.

By Rachel Contreni Flynn

Column 266

The Yellow Bowl