In the “Other Countries” section of her now classic collection My Wicked Wicked Ways, Sa
In the “Other Countries” section of her now classic collection My Wicked Wicked Ways, Sandra Cisneros pens lines from Venice, Paris, Trieste, the old market in Antibes, the Greek island of Hydra in pouring rain, and Sarajevo, as below.Peaches—Six in a Tin Bowl, SarajevoIf peaches had armssurely they would hold one anotherin their peach sleep.And if peaches had feetit is sure they wouldnudge one anotherwith their soft peachy feet.And if peaches couldthey would sleepwith their dimpled headon the other’seach to each.Like you and me.And sleep and sleep.More on this book and author:Learn more about My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros, and follow her on Instagram (@officialsandracisneros).Browse other books by Sandra Cisneros, including her forthcoming Martita, I Remember You / Martita te recuerdo, to be published in a dual-language edition translated by Liliana Valenzuela.Share this poem and peruse other poems, audio recordings, and broadsides in the Knopf poem-a-day series.To share the poem-a-day experience with friends, pass along this link. -- source link
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