Name: Cenzontle
ISBN: 9781942683537

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

"A new edition of American contemporary poetry" --

Poems

“Emptiness is a thing that grows by being moved.”

I don’t know if we’re doing this right,

’s easy to imagine getting used to this.

want one to keep you alive while the other two split you in half?

I’m convinced she is a swarm of honey bees.

What if they died not because they stung but because they grew tired of stinging?

-"What You Can Know Is What You Have Made"

Favorites:

-"Fifteen Elegies"

-"What You Can Know Is What You Have Made"

-"Drown"

-"Miss Lonelyhearts"

-"Rima: Notes and Observations"