Amelia Díaz Ettinger

The Lure of Socks on Warm Feet
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The Lure of Socks on Warm Feet

Issue 141: September 2023

The Lure of Socks on Warm Feet

By Editor| 2023-09-04T10:59:04-07:00 September 13th, 2023|Categories: Issue 141: September 2023|Tags: extreme weather, FEMA failure, Hurricane Maria 2017, Poetry, climate change, climate justice, Amelia Díaz Ettinger, Puerto Rico|

By Amelia Díaz Ettinger Never forget, September 20, 2017 and Maria In my La-Z-Boy I sit, a Puerto Rican queen, feet-up admiring my knitted socks. I made these socks by knit and purl. 5,746 miles away from you it is easy to say, I worship. —And oh! How I preach this veneration, the warmth of [...]

Two Poems by Amelia Díaz Ettinger
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Two Poems by Amelia Díaz Ettinger

Issue 135: 17 March 2022

Two Poems by Amelia Díaz Ettinger

By Editor| 2022-03-06T11:47:07-08:00 March 17th, 2022|Categories: Issue 135: 17 March 2022|Tags: Poetry, Amelia Díaz Ettinger, mothering, natural world poetry|

Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater I know what it’s said about me that I am a bad mother a brood parasite —no I know I relinquish my eggs to the care of others but notice; I take my time watching in torture-wait until I find her, the perfect host a serious, smaller, caring female in this [...]