The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Элизабет Асеведо
Love
Around and Around We Go
After Skating
This Body on Fire
The Shit & the Fan
Miracles
Fear
Ants
I Am No Ant
Diplomas
Cuero
Mami Says,
Repetition
Things You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Have Nothing to Do with Repentance:
Another Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance:
The Last Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance:
Leaving
What Do You Need from Me?
Consequences
Late That Night
In Front of My Locker
PART III: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
Silent World
Heavy
My Confession
Father Sean Says,
Prayers
How I Can Tell
Before We Walk in the House
My Heart Is a Hand
A Poem Mami Will Never Read
In Translation
Heartbreak
Reminders
Writing
What I’d Like to Tell Aman When He Sends Another Apology Message:
Favors
Pulled Back
On Thanksgiving
Haiku: The Best Part About Thanksgiving Was When Mami:
Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?
Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?
Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?
Final Draft of Assignment 4 (What I Actually Turn In)
Gone
Zeros
Possibilities
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Isabelle
First Poetry Club Meeting
Nerves
When I’m Done
Compliments
Caridad Is Standing Outside the Church
Hope Is a Thing with Wings
Here
Haikus
Offering
Holding Twin
Cody
Problems
Dominican Spanish Lesson:
Permission
Open Mic Night
Signed Up
The Mic Is Open
Invitation
All the Way Hype
At Lunch on Monday
At Poetry Club
Every Day after English Class
Christmas Eve
It’s a Rosary
Longest Week
The Waiting Game
Birthdays
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
Let Me Explain
If Your Hand Causes You to Sin
Verses
Burn
Where There Is Smoke
Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning
Other Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning
My Mother Tries to Grab Me
Returning
On the Walk to the Train
The Ride
No Turning Back
Taking Care
In Aman’s Arms
And I Also Know
Tangled
The Next Move
There Are Words