Two Poems by Jeannine Pitas

<p>Jeannine Marie Pitas reads her poems, "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/the-river-that-cuts">The river that cuts a country in two</a>" and "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/during-the-sixth-extinction">During the Sixth Extinction</a>," from the <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2021">Summer issue</a> of our journal.</p> <p>Jeannine Marie Pitas is a teacher, writer, and Spanish-English literary translator living in Iowa, where she teaches at the University of Dubuque. Her first poetry collection, <em>Things Seen and Unseen</em>, was published by Mosaic Press in 2019. Her favorite poets include Wislawa Szymborska, Zbigniew Herbert, and Delmira Agustini.</p>