Phytogeography of the Interior

There is so much bone in this house
There is so much ceiling in this sky
There is so much grey in this garden
There is so much dust in this spine
There is so much distance in this echo
There is so much noise in this paint
There is so much ache in this coffee
There is so much hurt in this church
There is so much flower in this flower
There is so much silence in this river
There is so much guilt in this chest
There is so much callus in this shame

Eloisa Amezcua is from Arizona. Her debut collection, From the Inside Quietly, is the inaugural winner of the Shelterbelt Poetry Prize selected by Ada Limón. A MacDowell fellow, her second collection of poems, Fighting Is Like a Wife, was published by Coffee House Press (April 2022). ​

Comments

Submit Your Comments

Please Note: Before submitting, copy your comment to your clipboard, be sure every required field is filled out, and only then submit.