Monday, September 19, 2011

BIRDING NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER

by Gil Fagiani

Sierra Vista, Arizona

We spotted rose-throated
becards, vermillion flycatchers,

while the Border Patrol
stuffed into holding cages,

handcuffed migrants:
young, brown, terrified.


Gil Fagiani’s poetry collections include: Rooks (Rain Mountain Press, 2007), Grandpa’s Wine (Poets Wear Prada, 2008), A Blanquito in El Barrio (Rain Mountain Press, 2009), Chianti in Connecticut (Bordighera Press, 2010) and Serfs of Psychiatry (Finishing Line Press, pending 2012).