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JULIA ALVAREZ


Poems found: 141

NAMING THE FABRICS

33 IS THE YEAR THAT JESUS CHRIST

MAN INVITED ME TO EAT WITH HIM

AND SUDDENLY MY NAME COMES TO THEIR LIPS

ARE WE ALL ILL WITH ACUTE LONELINESS

AT HIS BODEGA, LEO SELLS EVERYTHING

BETWEEN DOMINICA AND ECUADOR

BOCA'S MAYOR CALLS MIKE OVER

CLARIOL, THE YOUNGEST OF NANA'S GIRLS

CLIVE, WHO ARE YOU WITH THESE DAYS? THE MAILOGRAMS

DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN, MIKE AND I HIKE

DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, ALL STAYS

DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, FLASHBACKING ON

EL PROFESOR JUAN BAUTISA

EVER HAVE AN OLDER LOVER SAY: GOD!

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO ME THESE DAYS

FOR GORDON BECAUSE HE WASN'T ASHAMED

GET YOURSELF SOMETHING IN OUR NAME YOU NEED

GIVEN THE CHOICE, WHOM WOULD I CHOOSE TO LOVE?

GREG'S GOT CUSTODY OF SALLY AND WANTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THE CALLS

HEY, I SAY TO THE UPS BOY

I ASK A MARRIED FRIEND ABOUT A MAN

I CHECK MY PARENTS' HOUSE WHILE THEY'RE ABROAD

I CLOSE MY DOOR. ANCHORED ON EITHER SIDE

I DROVE UP IN MAMI'S MERCEDES

I GOT DIVORCED AT TWENTY-NINE AND VOWED

I HADN'T FIT INTO ANY OF THE STORIES

I HEAR PAPITO CALLING

I HESITATE-THE BOX WAS LEFT UNLOCKED

I MET A MAN AT A SELF-IMPROVEMENT

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, I HAD

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, THE CURVES

I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK THIS MORNING

I'M WATCHING A ROMANTIC MOVIE PLAY

I'VE MET EVERYONE IN BOCA

IN BOSTON LIVED MY FRIENDS KEN AND CAROL

IN MY DREAM I WAS A CLOSET MERMAID

LET'S MAKE A MODERN PRIMER FOR OUR KIDS

MAMI ASKS WHAT I'M UP TO, THAT MEANS MEN

MIKE AND I HAVE OUR BEST TALKS

MIKE AND I PRETEND WE'RE MARRIED

MIKE AND I TOUR BOCA

MY FRIEND CAROL SAYS AGING EVENS OUT

MY GAY FRIENDS ASK, WELL ARE YOU GAY OR WHAT?

MY LAST AFTERNOON IN BOCA

MY PARENTS ARE IN GERMANY AS GUESTS

ONE OF LOS MUCHOS

OR SHOULD WE FORGIVE THEM? AUSCHWITZ? BERLIN?

OUR BRIEF TRIP TO THE CAPITAL

PERHAPS I DO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON

POSIT OUR LITTLE STAYS AGAINST THE MAD

SECRETLY I AM BUILDING IN THE HEART

SOMETIMES I FALL IN LOVE WITH THE WRONG ONE

SOMETIMES THE WORDS ARE SO CLOSE I AM

TELL ME WHAT IS IT WOMEN WANT THE MOST?

TELL ME,' I ASK MIGUEL ANGEL

CRITIC WAS KIND. HE QUOTED AUDEN

EVIL EYE, A LOOK MORE COMMON THAN

LITTLE HOUSE IS CLOSED UP

OLD MAN SLEEPS LIKE THE DEAD

SHY SCHOOLGIRL IN PIGTAILS

WHITE HOUSE HAS DISINVITED THE POETS

WOMEN ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE WERE KNOWN

THERE WE WERE AT THE TATE BEFORE TURNER'S

WE ALSO DIED,' SAYS NANA

WHERE ARE THE GIRLS WHO WERE SO BEAUTIFUL?

WHO YOU LOVE? WHO YOU LOVE?

WHY DO WE LOVE ONE MAN, NOT ANOTHER?

ABANDONED

AGAINST CINDERELLA

ANATOMY LESSON

AUDITION

BEGINNING AGAIN

BELLEVUE

BILINGUAL SESTINA

BOOKMAKING

CHARGES

COWS

DUSTING

ESTEL

EXILE

FIRST LOVE LETTER

FOLDING MY CLOTHES

FROM 33

GLADYS SINGING

GOING BACK TO SLEEP

GRACE

HAIRWASHING

HANGING THE WASH

HEROINES

HOME FIRES

HOMECOMING

HOUSEHOLD RIDDLE

HOW I LEARNED TO SWEEP

IRONING THEIR CLOTHES

LAST NIGHT AT TIA'S

LAST TREES

MAKING OUR BEDS

MAKING UP THE PAST

MAMI AND GAUGUIN

MISSING MISSIVES

MONKEY BUSINESS

MOTHER LOVE

NAMING THE FABRICS

NEW CLOTHES

NEW WORLD

OLD HEROINES

ON A HILL ABOVE YOUR HOUSE

ON NOT SHOPLIFTING LOUISE BOGAN'S THE BLUE ESTUARIES

ORCHIDS

PAPI WORKING

POSTURE LESSON

PROOF

QUEENS, 1963

REDWING SONNETS

ROLLING DOUGH

SAMAN, CIUDAD TRUJILLO, 1957

SOUND BITES: EL ROUND UP

SOUND BITES: FIRST DAYS

SOUND BITES: FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY

SOUND BITES: I SIZE UP LA SITUATION

SOUND BITES: MAMI'S ADVICE

SOUND BITES: TALKING BACK TO MAMI (YEARS LATER)

STAYING UP ALONE

STORM WINDOWS

DASHBOARD VIRGENCITA

LAST LOVE STORY

LOST & FOUND SENORITAS

MASTER BED [OR, BEDMAKING]

WAY IT SOUNDS

WORD MADE FLESH

THERAPY

TOUCHSTONE

WALLPAPER

WASHING THE WINDOWS

WHAT COULD IT BE?

WHAT GOES WRONG

WOMAN FRIEND

WOMAN'S WORK

YOU REMEMBER THE DEFINITIONS, NOT THE WORDS



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