THE MARKET
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Eva Skrande
Eva Skrande was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Miami. She earned a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, an M.F.A. from Iowa, and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at the University of Houston. Her poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, American Voice, Iowa Review, Ploughshares, and the Alaska Quarterly, among others. Her chapbook, the Gates of the Somnambulist was published by Jeanne Duval EditionsBy Eva Skrande
Published on 05/3/2002
Come fill my ears with the flowers' seas.
Fill me with valleys of markets
where the only vagrants are cherries
and oranges and kisses that proselytize
from their shoulders.
Fill me with valleys of markets
where the only vagrants are cherries
and oranges and kisses that proselytize
from their shoulders.
Come fill my ears with the flowers' seas.
Fill me with valleys of markets
where the only vagrants are cherries
and oranges and kisses that proselytize
from their shoulders.
Where lilies and peonies ride bicycles to school
and the paths of laments are smoothed
by the apple's song. Your knees
are tiny terraces where roses take flight.
At your waist, troubadours read the book of the earth:
the lust of figs ends at your lips--
water and horses become companions at your feet.
At your belly's river, two handkerchiefs surrender.
War begs for mercy.
Copyright © Eva Skrande, 2002. All Rights Reserved.
Fill me with valleys of markets
where the only vagrants are cherries
and oranges and kisses that proselytize
from their shoulders.
Where lilies and peonies ride bicycles to school
and the paths of laments are smoothed
by the apple's song. Your knees
are tiny terraces where roses take flight.
At your waist, troubadours read the book of the earth:
the lust of figs ends at your lips--
water and horses become companions at your feet.
At your belly's river, two handkerchiefs surrender.
War begs for mercy.
Copyright © Eva Skrande, 2002. All Rights Reserved.