| Muses Review - Poetry - Fall 2005 |
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| Almira Astudillo Gilles's poetry: |
| Almira Astudillo Gilles Poet from Illinois |
| The poems are copyrighted to Almira Astudillo Gilles. Poems are published in Muses Review with permission from the author. |
| Rate the poems of Almira Astudillo Gilles: 5 = excellent 4 = very good 3 = satisfactory 2 = lacking depth 1 = never mind |
| Mangoes by Almira Astudillo Gilles Source: Old Man Walking (2005) p.8 Over a tablecloth rubbed clean of its former gaiety I reach for a mango, sunburst orange flesh cradled in a golden crucible sublime in ripeness. My mother rose early to pluck the favored fruit leaving me in bed to dream a little longer. Nothing comes between me and my mango A fly has been waiting on a cracked saucer feet clicking with anticipation. It is hot in the room my eyelids sweat as I scrape down to its bitter skin. There is more than my mother's mottled hand presenting another. This act, captured in a hollow space of morning transcribe all: rising above the heat the captivity of years the ambiguity of love. ----------------------- "Mangoes" Editor's Rating: 4.8 out of 5 laurels ----------------------- The Basket by Almira Astudillo Gilles Source: Old Man Walking, p.30 The rough hands that wove this basket, twisting and knotting strands of abaca and hemp, belonged to my grandmother. She took two kinds of rope, one sand-colored, the other dark like her hair; she tugged and pulled until her fingers grew calloused. She knotted strands of hemp and abaca, humming two melodies not knowing she had twisted them into one. Her face, moody as the sea shifted with the tides of her memory, serene in the morning tremulous in the afternoon. She didn't stop weaving this basket until it was fully formed, desperate in its need for things to hold. with her hands she offered it to me saying, this will hold a kilo of rice. Her hands have sanctified it and I leave it empty remembering the sea. ----------------------------- "The Basket" Editor's Rating:(not yet rated) |
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