City of Cloud and Stone

Authors

  • Phillip Barron

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/ESLA.62051

Abstract

It’s just me and the bag of lemons
we bought from her,
selling citrus and eggshell
pomegranate passionfruit
with the white caviar inside
outside the UNESCO zone
while her children climbed
through bars and played
hide & seek;

Author Biography

Phillip Barron

Phillip Barron has taught philosophy at the University of North Carolina and now teaches poetry and digital humanities at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. “City of Cloud and Stone” was written in 2010 while the poet lived in Quito, Ecuador.

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Published

2023-06-22

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Section

FICTION