from Widening Aubade (live)
Oliver de la Paz reading from “Widening Aubade” live at Bowdoin College, February 21, 2008.
Oliver de la Paz
Aubade with a Heel of Bread, A Heart, and the Devil (live)
Oliver de la Paz reading “Aubade with a Heel of Bread, A Heart, and the Devil” live at Bowdoin College, February 21, 2008.
Fidelito Takes Flight Up a Ladder (live)
Oliver de la Paz reading “Fidelito Takes Flight Up a Ladder” live at Bowdoin College, February 21, 2008.
The Fourth Madonna (live)
Oliver de la Paz reading “The Fourth Madonna” live at Bowdoin College, February 21, 2008.
School Years (live)
Oliver de la Paz reading “School Years” live at Bowdoin College, February 21, 2008.
On the Fenestra Ovalis
fenestra 1). A small opening, esp. either of two apertures in the medial wall of the middle ear. 2). A windowlike opening. 3). A transparent spot or marking, as on the wing of an insect. –The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College ed. Who has not mistaken the pulse of blood from behind the ears as […]
Aubade with a Book and the Rattle from a String of Pearls
The color of the moon bleached the tops of trees and you left a book on the table, face down with its spine reaching for air. I thought the book might hate you for that. With my pre-dawn coffee and mouth full of sleep syllables I whistled the title, held the book in my arms […]
Aubade with Doves a Television and Fire
The gunwales of a ship at sea are on fire and the fact that something in water blazes keeps us awake for hours. At the edge of the boat people jump over the railing, braving both the flames and water. Still, in the screen glare we catch the way we sleep in summer. No shoulder […]