In Morning
The Palestinian child
does not think about being Palestinian,
but only of how his kitten
slept last night
and why is it not
in its basket.
Before he walks to …
The Palestinian child
does not think about being Palestinian,
but only of how his kitten
slept last night
and why is it not
in its basket.
Before he walks to …
That’s far enough, I yell across the dry
riverbed where twigs shoot up between rocks
with leaves like mistaken tenses: was, were,
watch. That’s far enough—wrenching
the children from their …
when it is time
the sun sets pink on the birch
and it will be winter
we are no stranger than we were
gingered joy will have melted after
icicles …
Music does not matter
Not much poetry to read
The fresh air by the lake
Only helpful to the lungs
Throughout the year, I rarely dream
But meditate a few times
My life depends on others
Some …
If words attire thought
what is thinking
when carnage is daily weather—met with an itch
to switch the channel—a call to the misnamed
Department of Public Safety to confront gun awe—
no words–but flesh is …
Have I become cynical? Probably. Anxiety
mounts the horse of optimism and drives
her into the ground. There is no here here
and I am trapped in the melody of mountain
and …
For Immediate Release:
On July 1st, 2022, neurologist Jane Smith discovered the original
Ingalls Cabin. While conducting a routine MRI (patient: 36, F,
Dena’ina and white, familial history of aneurysms) Smith …
Auwē
this weight
of history we nau
uwē this history
uwē this white stone
uwē this story
uwē us kaumaha we
kali us ahonui we
kaumaha …
After “One Last Love Poem” by Juan J. Morales
Aside from the time they might’ve
Been casting curses for others,
Helping priests for the Inquisition
Banishment and cleansings
Bruxaria, …
Grandmother/ i want to cause discomfort/ squeeze these angled bones/ between warmth & the side of Your armchair/ tell me i am pinching Your leg/ allow me to stay/ …
1. Christmas Lights
What made it December, in the fields, was that everything
Was silent, except for the ice creaking in every blade of grass,
As if each one …
Milling about before the clinic
opened for a routine blood test,
I walked through a flurry of parakeets,
ducking as they swooped to feed
on blueberries & sunflower seeds,
& …