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To Make an Island of a Street Corner

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To Make An Island of a Street Corner is Anacaona Rocio Milagro's palm reading of her beloved people. She extends the forefingers in her warm hands, and stanzas sprawl forward:

"birds living in a quiet corner of earth / must have burst open / mid-flight / staining the glass of sunset /without Witness," she writes this, and Uptown chants her name. So maybe this is a palm reading for all people, breathing with heartbeats. This book is a call and response.

These poems are holy. This poet is in the trenches, reading our charts and hearts with her keen poetic eye. She pens sharply: "My sister's the wife of the wind. / Her first husband was a solar eclipse. / We birthed every demigod in existence."

Milagro lyrically endears us with the island's arms. This city's block is vast, and here, all boats rise.

Mahogany L. Browne, Author of Chrome Valley

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Black Freighter Press
Date
1 August 2024
Pages
84
ISBN
9781955953047

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

To Make An Island of a Street Corner is Anacaona Rocio Milagro's palm reading of her beloved people. She extends the forefingers in her warm hands, and stanzas sprawl forward:

"birds living in a quiet corner of earth / must have burst open / mid-flight / staining the glass of sunset /without Witness," she writes this, and Uptown chants her name. So maybe this is a palm reading for all people, breathing with heartbeats. This book is a call and response.

These poems are holy. This poet is in the trenches, reading our charts and hearts with her keen poetic eye. She pens sharply: "My sister's the wife of the wind. / Her first husband was a solar eclipse. / We birthed every demigod in existence."

Milagro lyrically endears us with the island's arms. This city's block is vast, and here, all boats rise.

Mahogany L. Browne, Author of Chrome Valley

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Black Freighter Press
Date
1 August 2024
Pages
84
ISBN
9781955953047