Poetry

La Llorona at the Saloon

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

abandoning the murder capital
(san pedro sula, honduras, 2013)

  retiring in the murder capital of the world adjust volume; some sound.   abandoning…

Asleep In Capilla El Dorado

Resin pellets spark clouds inside the airport chapel & a priest marks time, swinging the…

Three Poems

Solitary Encounters His intellect reminded me of Spanish Harlem, unpretentious but resonating, as he discussed…

CPG

Bloody wound Never healed Leaking on bricks Illusion of false propriety No priorities for public…

“Inside of my Mind, on Top of My Thoughts” and “There’s a Natural Mystic Blowing Through the Air”

Inside of my Mind, on Top of My Thoughts My performance was a simulation of…

Notes from Tzania

[Both nights, Mankwe Ndosi closed “Girls in Their Bedrooms” with live vocal improvisation, poetry reading…

Inside Out

To miss you is an extraction is not finding what I think I see is…

Tal’-s-go Gal’-quo-gi Di-del’-qua-s-do-di Tsa-la-gi Di-go-whe-li / Beginning Cherokee

I-gv-yi-i Tsa-la-gi Go-whe-lv-i: A-sgo-hni-ho-‘i / First Cherokee Lesson: Mourning Find a flint blade Use your teeth…

Aster(ix) Picks: Our Favorite Poetry 2014

Aster(ix) asked four poets we love to choose their favorite poetry books just in time…