The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Элизабет Асеведо
How I Feel about Attention
After
Okay?
On Sunday
During Communion
Church Mass
Not Even Close to Haikus
Holy Water
People Say
On Papi
All Over a Damn Wafer
The Flyer
After the Buzz Dies Down
Aman
Whispering with Caridad Later That Day
What Twin Be Knowing
Sharing
Questions for Ms. Galiano
Spoken Word
Wait—
Holding a Poem in the Body
J. Cole vs. Kendrick Lamar
Asylum
What I Tell Aman:
Dreaming of Him Tonight
The Thing about Dreams
Date
Mami’s Dating Rules
Clarification on Dating Rules
Feeling Myself
PART II: And the Word Was Made Flesh
Smoke Parks
I Decided a Long Time Ago
Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin
Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin, for Real
Why Twin Is a Terrible Twin (Last and Most Important Reason)
But Why Twin Is Still the Only Boy I’ll Ever Love
Communication
About A
Catching Feelings
Notes with Aman
What I Didn’t Say to Caridad in Confirmation Class
Lectures
Ms. Galiano’s Sticky Note on Top of Assignment 1
Sometimes Someone Says Something
Listening
Mother Business
And Then He Does
Warmth
The Next Couple of Weeks
Eve,
“I Think the Story of Genesis Is Mad Stupid”
As We Are Packing to Leave
Father Sean
Answers
Rough Draft Assignment 2—Last Paragraphs of My Biography
Final Draft of Assignment 2 (What I Actually Turn In)
Hands
Fingers
Talking Church
Swoon
Telephone
Over Breakfast
Angry Cat, Happy X
About Being in Like
Music
Ring the Alarm
The Day
Wants
At My Train Stop
What I Don’t Tell Aman
Kiss Stamps
The Last Fifteen-Year-Old
Concerns
What Twin Knows
Hanging Over My Head
Friday
Black & Blue
Tight
Excuses
Costume Ready
Reuben’s House Party
One Dance
Stoop-Sitting . . . with Aman
Convos with Caridad
Braiding
Fights
Scrapping
What We Don’t Say
Gay
Feeling Off When Twin Is Mad
Rough Draft of Assignment 3—Describe someone you consider misunderstood by society.
Final Draft of Assignment 3 (What I Actually Turn In)
Announcements
Ice-Skating
Until