Edwin Torres
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“Nuyorican” poet Edwin Torres began his career as a graphic designer in 1989 before discovering the Nuyorican Poets Café. As the New York representative, Torres performed at the 1992 National Poetry Slam in Boston. He has also performed at a variety of venues, including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Torres has published over a dozen books, with the most recent being 2014’s Ameriscopia. As a visual poet, his work has been shown at Exit Art and EFA Gallery in New York.
Mirror Meteor
Pixie-dust infusion
shoots steady shock through incline—
is that crooked
or slyster meat tong, grabbing hold of night
so as not to pulse so bright past outcome
Pardon the excess—it’s a point to make
that out of all this dirt
comes glass or shiny sheen
meant to gloss
over rough spots—let’s moan and breathe
At one time, so that anything shattered
will sound pretty
I need to show how I love—sound and vision
if I sing and move to what I hear
and feel, just for you
Well, let’s see if we can match
our limbs to the credible—or maybe the possible
let’s play again, so that
you know what you’re in for,
when you save your last dance for glass
How clutterdust of me—
and here’s where I lose
my head over a star system,
a horny section
ten thousand years older than me
Links
- Edwin Torres’ brainlingo
- “Out of My Own Way,” Interview with Ken L. Walker. Rain Taxi. Fall 2010.
- Review of Holy Kid by Kenny G. WFMU. 1998.
Media
Societies of American Poetry: Dissenting Practices | February 21, 2003
Performance Media