To have the kind of ________ that no one can presence
That will not hurt ___ even the smallest thing not
I saw a fly, now ______ circle around leaves gnats
That will not judge or cradle the cold or ____ turn
The self in this has no grace, ___ gratitude, no
thinks boredom the barrier when it's ___ gold, pure
energizes _____ jumps hoops just for grace, matter
if sweet _____ our fellow gardenias and herbs gives
We think of things as _______, correction reflection
The sweet can fester instead __ the human of
When divided it’s ___ surface that rankles the
with pain at the gate of self and it's _______ structures
Poet remind me it's more _____ than need subtle
She crosses her legs circled around the ____ leaves
Eléna Rivera’s most recent books are On the Nature of Position and Tone (Field Press, 2012), The Perforated Map (Shearsman Books, 2011), and Remembrance of Things Plastic (LRL e-editions, 2010). She won the 2010 Robert Fagles Prize for her translation of Bernard Noël's The Rest of the Voyage (Graywolf Press, 2011) and is a recipient of a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Translation.
