The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Элизабет Асеведо

Love

       Around and Around We Go

       After Skating

       This Body on Fire

       The Shit & the Fan

       Miracles

       Fear

       Ants

       I Am No Ant

       Diplomas

       Cuero

       Mami Says,

       Repetition

       Things You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Have Nothing to Do with Repentance:

       Another Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance:

       The Last Thing You Think While You’re Kneeling on Rice That Has Nothing to Do with Repentance:

       Leaving

       What Do You Need from Me?

       Consequences

       Late That Night

       In Front of My Locker

       PART III: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness

       Silent World

       Heavy

       My Confession

       Father Sean Says,

       Prayers

       How I Can Tell

       Before We Walk in the House

       My Heart Is a Hand

       A Poem Mami Will Never Read

       In Translation

       Heartbreak

       Reminders

       Writing

       What I’d Like to Tell Aman When He Sends Another Apology Message:

       Favors

       Pulled Back

       On Thanksgiving

       Haiku: The Best Part About Thanksgiving Was When Mami:

       Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?

       Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?

       Rough Draft of Assignment 4—When was the last time you felt free?

       Final Draft of Assignment 4 (What I Actually Turn In)

       Gone

       Zeros

       Possibilities

       Can’t Tell Me Nothing

       Isabelle

       First Poetry Club Meeting

       Nerves

       When I’m Done

       Compliments

       Caridad Is Standing Outside the Church

       Hope Is a Thing with Wings

       Here

       Haikus

       Offering

       Holding Twin

       Cody

       Problems

       Dominican Spanish Lesson:

       Permission

       Open Mic Night

       Signed Up

       The Mic Is Open

       Invitation

       All the Way Hype

       At Lunch on Monday

       At Poetry Club

       Every Day after English Class

       Christmas Eve

       It’s a Rosary

       Longest Week

       The Waiting Game

       Birthdays

       The Good

       The Bad

       The Ugly

       Let Me Explain

       If Your Hand Causes You to Sin

       Verses

       Burn

       Where There Is Smoke

       Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning

       Other Things You Think About in the Split Second Your Notebook Is Burning

       My Mother Tries to Grab Me

       Returning

       On the Walk to the Train

       The Ride

       No Turning Back

       Taking Care

       In Aman’s Arms

       And I Also Know

       Tangled

       The Next Move

       There Are Words