Gloria, Eugene 2008
with Kimiko Hahn
Darrell’s mother’s red dress was chiffon
and plunged at the neckline – a sleeveless job
that cupped her breasts with an X.
I was on my way for a carton of milk
when she swaggered out on our street…
– Eugene Gloria, “Darrell”
Audio recording of the Poetry Center Reading Series featuring Tom Raworth, Diane di Prima, Kimiko Hahn, Eugene Gloria, Patricia Smith, Luis Rodriguez, Robert Bly, Brian Turner, Bruce Weigl, Tyehimba Jess, A. Van Jordan, Arielle Greenberg, Billy Corgan, Franz Wright, Czeslaw Milosz, Louise Glück, and Alicia Ostriker.
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All his life he struggled at how to ask,
unable to talk to his father.
Instead of the right questions, he learns to mimic
– Eugene Gloria, “Boabdil’s Eviction”
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