The Slugger, The Ace, The Shortstop, The Catcher, The Pinch Hitter
Jose Hernandez Diaz
The solitude. In the summer, I dine. On hot dogs. And fast balls. Go Dodgers!
The solitude. In the summer, I dine. On hot dogs. And fast balls. Go Dodgers!
I joined the crowd and bought an XL.
And everyone in section ten is standing
Everyone was welcome. No one was cut
in this league.
"Poetry," "Cleaning the House," and "Leaving Again"
All day Iphigenia
so far from the man I came to see.
Haven’t we tired of famous men? Shouldn’t I
have my shoulders back, chin straight—I was given graces
that distract from the tissues in my
17.
He who left home built the biggest steel bridge over the long river
The bridge was a success for millions of people
But he who built it died on it
His mother back in the village
it's dead at the bar so I say
"sure but I'm not in college
and I'm not wearing underwear
Pan and the Nanny Goat
After ancient Pompeii marble sculpture
The God of the Wild yanks his lover's chin hair,
clasps her knee, his godhood fully aroused.
"Intake" and "Progress"
THE TENSION
Sliced peach cool
under fresh yoghurt,
steaming creamy coffee,
the slow, dark wake of an October morning.
Difficult to pull myself
away from comfort and
the waves of
Is this new relationship self-sabotage in disguise, or is it the cure?
Garielle's longest, most peculiar, most particularized book. A sure-to-be collector's item. Not be be missed!