Crónicas: Fragments of (a) literary convention
- M. Anne Kala'i
- Mar 30, 2025
- 1 min read
Following AWP 2025
Is silence sound vanishing or hearing failing
[healing failing]
'ehu hair writing into an archival hole
disoriented
rematriation of language in blood memory:
text haunted by the unsaid
A downbeat for the mind to rush into
coming to the surface
I am my mother but she is not me
not
the silences in my head
making choices in my life as
white nostalgia passes for American history.
What remains out of reach poems bring back
In each one, a spirit line //
lets
the ghosts we encounter
escape.
Who have you been protecting with your silence?
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