Erin Mouré Poems

There was a cold
In which

A line of water across the chest risen
...

Unspeakable. The word that fills up the
poem, that the head
tries to excise.
At 6 a.m., the wet lion. Its sewn plush face
...

Courageous lair "might prevail"
Waking up to her your "yellow coal"

Steals a its way
...

1. And if you were to leave me for my faults
2. I'd not defend my lameness, walking halt
3. and from my trust I would elide your
...

I m going to walk to the mountain. As if
we could meet there!

First I must dream the mountain
...

A little river and a big river
the story of the bronchials
Some of earth's heartbeat but not all
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I am in the little field of my mother
Her field touches
oaks of the valley
and I touch the faces of my corn
...

At night in the valley of penedos erguidos
a glint of wolfram

the uncles' job at night
to touch the glint of wolfram
...

I ll never master the art of poetry. I
have these words: sadness and tears!
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I can t sleep for grief.
I can t sleep for longing.
I can t sleep for wanting happiness!
Mother, how will I live.
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