Against Sky's Warm Belly
New & Selected Poems
978-1-68003-109-6 Paperback
6 x 9 x 0.56 in
134 pp.
Pub Date: 12/15/2016
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Using what poet Naomi Nye has called 'an organic sense of narrative,' Cortez brings the reader close, very close, to the complex family histories that have made her who she is—a woman whose warm self-worth is tucked safely in her right front trouser pocket.
Aquarium
And what of the water?
A transparency
we swim through, lithe
white muscle,
the glide of fins.
We move and move
forever inside reflections,
refractions, ruckus
from the other side.
Our eyes never close.
We see you
coming.
We don’t think
we’re dinner.
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