In Bloom

By Estebán Rodríguez and Esteban Rodríguez

Estaban Rodriguez's In Bloom is an exquisite array of lyrical poetry. The title poem, for example, takes us through a catalogue of images, beautifully phrased, of family members who "lent themselves to a pendulum of trumpets, / accordians, drums, guitars, and lyrics that taught us" Spanish and solitariness, the disenchantment. Yet, "a song / we knew would suddenly come on, give us every reason / to bob our heads, sing along" even if we didn't understand the message. Rodriguez can take us to "Gomorrah" and "Golgotha," and lead us to a prayer that says "praise be . . . luck--regardless / of circumstances, conditions--was something / that could always be repeated."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622883063
• ISBN13: 9781622883066
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"