Thursday, September 25, 2014

Angie Estes

Angie Estes has a great poem in Plume issue 3 from 2011 called "Che Fai Di Bello", it's very 'Italiana'-esque if that made-up word can be used. It's a great piece, very grounding, ancient and resounding; here's an excerpt:


They are burning the fields in
Assisi, unearthing tartufi from beneath Umbrian oaks
for the umpteenth time. So slow

they don’t even shuffle, black
and swelling, tartufi think
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