Poetry

Words that arrive before the sentences do.

Dulce y Clarito

You wake me up, shake me up, do me good. A love letter to the morning ritual that makes everything possible.

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1959

A poem about Cuba and the way I feel when I look back on how it must feel to lose your everything.

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Fucsia

Bougainvilleas sprinkling the lawn and hanging over gates / The way a first kiss feels down to my toes

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Love in Heels

Written with love.

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