Day 8008
I roll off the same bed
–grandparents’ wool mattress-
you were carried from naked
in a long black box
the young men struggling
down the four long flights,
your absence still palpable
in the sticky Barcelona morning;
in the bookmarked
Cien años de soledad;
in the table I write on, scarred
in the long ago move, refinished
by the carpinter who replaced
the floor your chair scratched up,
whom I wave to on the street
every now and then.
I have a tiny poem in issue 12 of Molecule - a tiny lit mag.
on page 36 of the online PDF here: https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog/
The Georgia Review Fall issue has published Mónica Ojeda’s Botánica de Quincey, from Historia de la leche, in my translation along with the original. The Delusional Epitaphs poem is online in English and Spanish.
Latin American Literature Today issue 27
has published a bilingual spread from Historia de la leche by Mónica Ojeda,
translated by me. There are four poems from across the collection.
Here is the link to the English : LALT
The New England Poetry Club awarded Honorable Mention in the Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by Eric Hyett, to "Papa, you wanted a son" - my translation of a poem from Mónica Ojeda's collection Historia de la leche, (Editorial Candaya, 2020).
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| Hear me read Go here to read the poem at the New England Poetry Club 2022 Anthology page |
'13 Untitled (Sally) 51,668;
'12 Barcelona Clash 51,878;
'11 Mojo Madness 52,793;
'10 Changing Directions 53,400;
'09 Daybreak 56,565;
'08 Vacant 52,486
