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My grandmother’s three were for her husband to return,
company to be good and her son to remain alive.
While the fabric of her world frays these requests remain.
Through the porthole of my childhood is her garden
lined with coppertips which I knew to be sleeping
dragonflies. I stalked rings around the hydrangea
fleeing a sinki...
In August 1922, newspapers across the country reported that in October, the Supreme Court would “d...
Dear America,
This is a letter of introduction. I, California, am sending you this letter with Gavin Newsom, my native son.
America, you and Gavin think you know each other, but the truth is that you are new to him, and he is new to you. I write in hope of avoiding misunderstandings. I’m concerned about how the two of you will get along.
My wo...
On a day off from work in July, I took the Metro D Line (which will always be the Purple Line to me) to L.A.’s newest rail station, Wilshire/Fairfax. I wanted to see the La Brea Tar Pits before the museum closed to undergo a $240 million upgrade in preparation for the 2028 Olympics. I hadn’t been since I took a yellow school bus there in elementary school.
I lo...
Maureen Boyle is an Irish poet, teacher, mentor, and editor who grew up in Sion Mills, County Tyrone and now lives in Belfast. She has published two collections of poetry: Strabane (2020) and The Last Spring of the World (2022). Zócalo guest curator for November, Boyle chatted with us about lupine, teaching creative writing by a graveyard, ...