Kathleen Gunton

Kathleen Gunton is completing her collection of cento poems. More than forty-five of these poems have appeared in publications as varied as the Cresset, Cura, First Things, Hawaii Review, Rhino, and Rockhurst Review. She lives in Orange, California.

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Poem | Servants and Instruments of Song—Marie Ponsot: Cento

The delicious tongue we speak with speaks us

By Kathleen Gunton

March 24, 2020

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