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JULIA ALVAREZ


Poems found: 141

33 IS THE YEAR THAT JESUS CHRIST

ABANDONED

AGAINST CINDERELLA

ANATOMY LESSON

AND SUDDENLY MY NAME COMES TO THEIR LIPS

ARE WE ALL ILL WITH ACUTE LONELINESS

AT HIS BODEGA, LEO SELLS EVERYTHING

AUDITION

BEGINNING AGAIN

BELLEVUE

BETWEEN DOMINICA AND ECUADOR

BILINGUAL SESTINA

BOCA'S MAYOR CALLS MIKE OVER

BOOKMAKING

CHARGES

CLARIOL, THE YOUNGEST OF NANA'S GIRLS

CLIVE, WHO ARE YOU WITH THESE DAYS? THE MAILOGRAMS

COWS

CRITIC WAS KIND. HE QUOTED AUDEN

DASHBOARD VIRGENCITA

DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN, MIKE AND I HIKE

DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, ALL STAYS

DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, FLASHBACKING ON

DUSTING

EL PROFESOR JUAN BAUTISA

ESTEL

EVER HAVE AN OLDER LOVER SAY: GOD!

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO ME THESE DAYS

EVIL EYE, A LOOK MORE COMMON THAN

EXILE

FIRST LOVE LETTER

FOLDING MY CLOTHES

FOR GORDON BECAUSE HE WASN'T ASHAMED

FROM 33

GET YOURSELF SOMETHING IN OUR NAME YOU NEED

GIVEN THE CHOICE, WHOM WOULD I CHOOSE TO LOVE?

GLADYS SINGING

GOING BACK TO SLEEP

GRACE

GREG'S GOT CUSTODY OF SALLY AND WANTS

HAIRWASHING

HANGING THE WASH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THE CALLS

HEROINES

HEY, I SAY TO THE UPS BOY

HOME FIRES

HOMECOMING

HOUSEHOLD RIDDLE

HOW I LEARNED TO SWEEP

I ASK A MARRIED FRIEND ABOUT A MAN

I CHECK MY PARENTS' HOUSE WHILE THEY'RE ABROAD

I CLOSE MY DOOR. ANCHORED ON EITHER SIDE

I DROVE UP IN MAMI'S MERCEDES

I GOT DIVORCED AT TWENTY-NINE AND VOWED

I HADN'T FIT INTO ANY OF THE STORIES

I HEAR PAPITO CALLING

I HESITATE-THE BOX WAS LEFT UNLOCKED

I MET A MAN AT A SELF-IMPROVEMENT

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, I HAD

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, THE CURVES

I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK THIS MORNING

I'M WATCHING A ROMANTIC MOVIE PLAY

I'VE MET EVERYONE IN BOCA

IN BOSTON LIVED MY FRIENDS KEN AND CAROL

IN MY DREAM I WAS A CLOSET MERMAID

IRONING THEIR CLOTHES

LAST LOVE STORY

LAST NIGHT AT TIA'S

LAST TREES

LET'S MAKE A MODERN PRIMER FOR OUR KIDS

LITTLE HOUSE IS CLOSED UP

LOST & FOUND SENORITAS

MAKING OUR BEDS

MAKING UP THE PAST

MAMI AND GAUGUIN

MAMI ASKS WHAT I'M UP TO, THAT MEANS MEN

MAN INVITED ME TO EAT WITH HIM

MASTER BED [OR, BEDMAKING]

MIKE AND I HAVE OUR BEST TALKS

MIKE AND I PRETEND WE'RE MARRIED

MIKE AND I TOUR BOCA

MISSING MISSIVES

MONKEY BUSINESS

MOTHER LOVE

MY FRIEND CAROL SAYS AGING EVENS OUT

MY GAY FRIENDS ASK, WELL ARE YOU GAY OR WHAT?

MY LAST AFTERNOON IN BOCA

MY PARENTS ARE IN GERMANY AS GUESTS

NAMING THE FABRICS

NAMING THE FABRICS

NEW CLOTHES

NEW WORLD

OLD HEROINES

OLD MAN SLEEPS LIKE THE DEAD

ON A HILL ABOVE YOUR HOUSE

ON NOT SHOPLIFTING LOUISE BOGAN'S THE BLUE ESTUARIES

ONE OF LOS MUCHOS

OR SHOULD WE FORGIVE THEM? AUSCHWITZ? BERLIN?

ORCHIDS

OUR BRIEF TRIP TO THE CAPITAL

PAPI WORKING

PERHAPS I DO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON

POSIT OUR LITTLE STAYS AGAINST THE MAD

POSTURE LESSON

PROOF

QUEENS, 1963

REDWING SONNETS

ROLLING DOUGH

SAMAN, CIUDAD TRUJILLO, 1957

SECRETLY I AM BUILDING IN THE HEART

SHY SCHOOLGIRL IN PIGTAILS

SOMETIMES I FALL IN LOVE WITH THE WRONG ONE

SOMETIMES THE WORDS ARE SO CLOSE I AM

SOUND BITES: EL ROUND UP

SOUND BITES: FIRST DAYS

SOUND BITES: FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY

SOUND BITES: I SIZE UP LA SITUATION

SOUND BITES: MAMI'S ADVICE

SOUND BITES: TALKING BACK TO MAMI (YEARS LATER)

STAYING UP ALONE

STORM WINDOWS

TELL ME WHAT IS IT WOMEN WANT THE MOST?

TELL ME,' I ASK MIGUEL ANGEL

THERAPY

THERE WE WERE AT THE TATE BEFORE TURNER'S

TOUCHSTONE

WALLPAPER

WASHING THE WINDOWS

WAY IT SOUNDS

WE ALSO DIED,' SAYS NANA

WHAT COULD IT BE?

WHAT GOES WRONG

WHERE ARE THE GIRLS WHO WERE SO BEAUTIFUL?

WHITE HOUSE HAS DISINVITED THE POETS

WHO YOU LOVE? WHO YOU LOVE?

WHY DO WE LOVE ONE MAN, NOT ANOTHER?

WOMAN FRIEND

WOMAN'S WORK

WOMEN ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE WERE KNOWN

WORD MADE FLESH

YOU REMEMBER THE DEFINITIONS, NOT THE WORDS



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