Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem

Winner of the 2024 Cardinal Poetry Prize and Finalist for the 2025 New England Book Award in Poetry Finalist for a New England Book Award Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem is the inaugural winner of the Cardinal Poetry Prize, selected by renowned poet Robert Pinsky. In free verse and invented poetic forms, Rachel Trousdale explores how the interplay between the mind and body illuminates our most important relationships, whether with other humans, wild spaces, or works of art. Inhabit