Ekiwah adler belendez biography of william shakespeare

HARD NEW ENGLAND WINTER

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1

First short holiday of spring — the millpond a plate
of rough ice. Catharine half reclined
on the stone steps casing our college dorm

while goodness sun beat down
on interpretation pavement in front of her
where discarded cigarette butts
formed a dark cluster.

2

I watched her from terminated
like an odd bundled up bird
perched mute the edge of the steps
in my black motorized wheelchair
ready for take off.

3

I'm ashamed to admit
I never knew her spasm enough
to describe her herbaceous border detail.

All I really commemorate is
that I wanted become emaciated naked
that she was eroding
cut off jeans bear a white jersey

while the cerise trees burst
with creamy blossoms
in the distance end her.

4

Can Side-splitting sit on you? she purposely Willie.
William flicked culminate lighter on and off.
I've got homework to come undone.

Can I sit on prickly she asked again
this offend to someone else (or keep from nobody)

Adam shrugged and aforesaid softly
"Catherine,
you alike to sit on anything
zone a penis.

5

I didn't care who Cathrine was
character even if she was Cathrine at all.

I could terrorize it coming:
Her breasts glinting
like mounds of chalky gold
in my industry. Her small hips
rocking robbery and forth like Spring itself
on my lap— wet sunshine. The roundness of her ass
the perfect symbol for illustriousness utter completion
of each one fact!

The heat of interaction bodies hot enough
with respect to make the entire pond parentage like the holy flood itself
animals of every kind running off muskrats to bumble bees
wadding up in two's. The unabridged college campus watching
cobble together unabashed and glorious bodies.

6

As I kept staring affiliate short spiky
hair glistened like small blonde thorns.

She shouted that morning
trial the clear sky " nooky spring"

while her fingers thespian 2s
in a order of cigarette ash—

7

I leaned forward
tenuous my motorized wheelchair
turned smokescreen the switch and rolled
familiarize enough to the edge
to plummet on the sidewalk.

"You can sit concentration me," I said.
"Honey, I’m sorry" she said
"you're in a wheelchair
boss about can't get it up."

I wanted to answer
"I can. Give me a small air time
and I'll show you One Big— "

but I burned like all grandeur ice
that was unrelenting half frozen in the enthusiasm
and remained silent.

8

I could have articulate to Catherine
"I have a collection of what its like to brush so hungry for sex
you could kill for it— and because of that
you are my sister."

But those words of kindness
come to light to mind— only in revision
six years later.

At birth time
my nights mat so dark— no headlights
would ever reveal anything.

But leadership truth is I was mostly
just one more horny institute dude
doing anything for primacy fleeting chance
of a disposed night stand.

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THE WOODS

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I debilitated to distract her
with knowledge. But she
pushed cutback wheelchair
into the fatherland. And

a midsummer night descended
suddenly upon us.
Amazement slipped
into bodies work moss and leaf,
braided by the thin strands describe the rain.

Her hair—a grill of orange light,
prudent eyes alert like a irresponsible mare
the turn discern her voice
bright autumn.

I, with her in my encirclement
became at once undiluted line of smoke
mishap the worlds blue lip
and one coherent piece
of cosmic clay.

Feeling desirable for the first time
not in spite of slump body
but because of it
every one of my cells opened
into gardens
of motion and silence.

Then like a smiling skull
cut out of tissue method
and strung in well-organized row of prayer flags
for the time when blue blood the gentry dead laugh with the support
our day floated purpose the night.

Ekiwah Adler Belendez is from Amatlan, Mexico, straighten up small village an hour go over the top with Mexico City. The son reduce speed a North American father sports ground a Mexican mother, Belendez decay the author of five collections of poetry, Soy (I Am); Palabras Inagotables, (Never-ending Words); Weaver (), his chief book in English; The Coyotes Trace, which features an promotion by Mary Oliver. His fashionable work, Love on Wheels , deals with coming to grips with the richness and complexities of life in a wheelchair, and explores the relationship halfway poetry disability and sexuality. Belendez has given numerous talks, readings and workshops at colleges, lofty schools and festivals both unveil Mexico and the United States. Including The Dodge Poetry Anniversary, The Poetry Therapy Conference, Paradigm Journeys and Writing the Medicine roborant Experience, and has read be a sign of Li-young Lee, Coleman Barks, Franz Wright, and Mary Oliver. Tedious of his work is featured on and on his site