wind chimes on a porch
a flag undulates
as a carpenter bee hovers
Author Archives: Ivy Alvarez
Ivy Alvarez reads with Ocean Vuong at Georgia Tech
Ocean Vuong and Ivy Alvarez’s poetry reading celebrates the occasion of Atlanta Review‘s launch of the NZ edition, and the esteemed journal’s move to its new home at Georgia Tech. Event pictures by Collin Kelley.
For GloPoWriMo 15
Excerpt from “Black hairy tongue with sweet and sour sauce”:
ignore that it is a tongue that rests
on your tongue — the meat is sweet
caused by bacteria or fungi in the mouth
appearing black and hairy, not pretty
For GloPoWriMo 14
Excerpt from “Family fabric”:
the rain raining, reining in nothing, everything a spill,
a spilling over and down, keep quiet, keep quiet now