Adrian Astur Alvarez

Sonnet 1

Adrian Alvarez — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:28:39 +0000

My cat, in terror of the vacuuming, Hides in my lap: an anxious wreck of nerves. I pity her ignorant trembling And run my hand along her feline curves. Which of us the fool: her, weary of swerves,...

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Sharon’s Last Days

Adrian Alvarez — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:08:59 +0000

In May, 2008, two girls walked along the quiet section of schoolyard where oak trees stabilized the difference between school and public sidewalk. Melissa, tall and skinny, wore her red hair tied...

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The Notetaker

Adrian Alvarez — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:27 +0000

This is my note taker. I am not here. I am distant. It is cold outside. We exist in here. Not exactly warm but it’s home. Have you met my note taker? It is he, the one near you. I am not...

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… of a distracted genius

Adrian Alvarez — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:24:27 +0000

I walk tow- Toward, I think toward. We all do it in small scale Aiming towards an idea. [Something about heroism here] We all walk. We- What was it? Towing our history Por- no idea. I left and came...

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The Word’s Prayer

Adrian Alvarez — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:54:18 +0000

Comfort of a new page terror of a new page Be my soul Walk to me Make me whole Infect disinfect this room with smoke burning sage Carry me forth with language alien structure Cast to sea Mine my coal...

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One hum organic unifying tone hum

Adrian Alvarez — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:31:58 +0000

This note this half note is not whole Spider descending a single strand of web Haunting the convenience store, the kids want Beer: exploding can freeze mid-air We heard the gunfire report where we...

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Words Poetry Forms

Adrian Alvarez — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:16:34 +0000

I fill my words with stories Telling each one two by two. Two wartime inventories, Two catalogues of senescence. Reality constipates you The Other outlines me Each one...

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A Rational Winter

Adrian Alvarez — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:13:51 +0000

The snow in the parking lot Was unexpected. Like the snap of fingers While we work at our desks, Quietly, in service. Cars now white molds: cold intimations Of cars, now toys. The walk is smooth, Our...

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What this is

Adrian Alvarez — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:02:56 +0000

I’m standing at the edge Or a forest corner . laxative Trip: These words, My expense. What of firs like these? What of Christmas? What of darkly covered souls in there . in there Poem:...

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A Geography of Origins

Adrian Alvarez — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:38:18 +0000

The rivers of sweat (Behold! A lion.) Course through small Avenues. The rivers of heat (caged and unfurled) Flow, righteous, unaware. I am beast we are Fighting at random for energy. Small bones ache...

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