azul / lejos
the
math of dance
the
math of breath
counting
4 / 4
with
/ on us / you
heartbeat’s
meter
Lully’s
baton
the
up the down
•
peninsular
thought
etched
by the briny vastness
no
easy sailing ’round it
I
pray for strong gusts
full
masts
Voyages in
English
the
textbook’s name
part
France part isle
neither
mine
I
stand in the crow’s nest
searching
for the far
blue
of language
my
anguished cartography
•
our
pleas to Heaven
a
newborn gazelle wobbling
swiftness
soon enough
—Pablo
Miguel Martínez
Used by permission.
Pablo Miguel Martínez's collection of poems, Brazos, Carry Me
(Kórima Press), received the 2013 PEN Southwest Book Award for Poetry.
Martínez's work has appeared in journals, newspapers, and anthologies,
including Americas Review, Best Gay Poetry 2008, Borderlands:
Texas Poetry Review, El Paso Times, Gay and Lesbian Review,
North American Review, San Antonio Express-News, and This
Assignment Is So Gay. Martínez has been a recipient of the Robert L.B.
Tobin Award for Artistic Excellence, the Oscar Wilde Award, and the
Chicano/Latino Literary Prize. His literary work has received support from the
Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation and the Artist Foundation of San Antonio.
Martínez is a Co-Founder of CantoMundo, a national retreat-workshop for
Latina/o poets. He teaches English at the University of Louisville.
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