Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser

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OD E TO THE HEART S MALLER THAN A PENCIL ERASER May Swenson Poetry Award Series Volume 17 O D E TO THE H EART SMALLER T H AN A PENCIL ERASER poems by Luisa A. Igloria UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS Logan © 2014 Luisa A. Igloria Foreword © 2014 Mark Doty Published by Utah State University Press An imprint of University Press of Colorado 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C Boulder, Colorado 80303 The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of the Association of American University Presses. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, and Western State Colorado University. Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ This paper meets the requirements of the ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Publication credits appear on page 73, which constitutes an extension of this copyright page. Cover art by Jennifer Patricia A. Cariño. Used by permission. Cover series design by Barbara Yale-Read ISBN 978-0-87421-952-4 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-87421-968-5 (paper) ISBN 978-087421-979-1 (ebook) DOI 10.7330_9780874219791 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Igloria, Luisa A., 1961– [Poems. Selections] Ode to the heart smaller than a pencil eraser: poems / by Luisa A. Igloria. pages ; cm. — (Poetry award series ; volume 17) ISBN 978-0-87421-952-4 (cloth) — ISBN 978-0-87421-968-5 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-087421 -979-1 (ebook) I. Title. PS3553.A686A6 2014 811'.54—dc23 For Ruben ...