Rebellion is hard labor for the trees;
It’s fraught with liberation from the roots.
For all their curves, the trunks are not to blame
(translation, poetry)
Tag: poem
she was / pleasure / lit up / gold-dust and / bright spot / her flash like a gem
(poetry)
Taller today, in emptied summer city
the height of the deceased singer
five foot five, weight one twenty
people with basement apartments
were short and wore one-piece
bathing suits to beaches and lakes
(poetry)
When the bride buzzed in,
the groom held my mom’s roses.
We had 15 minutes.
Cuffs: no. La palabra
de Dios: Sí.
(poetry)
A snow covers the room outside with piano keys. What genre is the song that plays unaccompanied.
(poetry)
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new books.
Between cacti
and boulders, the car trudges
through the bypass roads (Palestinian Voices, translation)
The latest in our FORTHCOMING series of excerpts from new and recent books.
I thought I was
responsible. I was not large enough
for the knowledge.
On Maui a whole town catches fire in a great wind and burns to the ground in two hours. The iron center of the earth grows weary of devastation
(poetry)
