Poem

temporary statement

  I am not poignant. I am losing nuance. I beat you over the head.…

What Lies Beneath

  Today I am elbow deep in some animal’s belly pulling out the heart and…

i watch papa bury our dog in a grave the size of a pond

  mauve, sprigs of oleander— ceilings shedding water stains in shapes of crooked eyes—my jaws…

the world we choose, the world we love

  for Nicole Kaltz Pears ripen. The turtle crosses a walking path to her nesting…

Two Poems

  Oops!   Careful we have to be : Opening the door , Getting our…

Plush as carmine / (tender) as a sore

  In our world, pomegranates are bees’ produce. Structure of honeycomb, kernels combed away. The…

Almost Animal

  I heard they no longer sew eyelids of the dead shut. When I pressed…

La Llorona at the Saloon

There are no more dances there. When she clocks in, the batwings sound as if…

future tense (minor tribe: 2012)

like the family I need documents to stay here lose them and I lose my…

In a safe space by Norma E. Cantú

We ambled onto the river bank Oblivious of what lay beneath the waters, Muddy khaki…