a notebook that i began one summer in ysleta, tejas, ept. it continues east, following the course of el río grande~bravo to El Valle and into the gulf of méxico...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
"Lest this be Heaven indeed An Obstacle is given That always gauges a Degree Between Ourself and Heaven."
And I keep finding more lines of yours I'd include, but then I might end up retyping your whole American Flamingo :). There are so many key moments in the American Flamingo poems for me that are beautifully complex, where the poem's essence reveals itself like "sunlight on [the] wrist."
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I am loving these Emmy, and most flattered for the company I'm keeping here on Ysleta Poeta. xoxo
And I keep finding more lines of yours I'd include, but then I might end up retyping your whole American Flamingo :). There are so many key moments in the American Flamingo poems for me that are beautifully complex, where the poem's essence reveals itself like "sunlight on [the] wrist."
Emmy, you'll never know how much that means to me...truly, you've made all the hard work worthwhile. I'm so lucky to have such an amazing reader. xoxo
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