T A G U I G
Poetry by Kyle Brosnihan
where isadora was
born sinforoso rose
julie mom grew up
back when still banana
trees biggest high
school in world down
streets she walked
church baptized old
house now jollibee dogs
dirty teets tiny canals of
trash palm trees
street kids grab my
hand press it to
their foreheads say
mano po visit cousin
who thinks I’m boring
and stupid for being
american not making
money bails on night out
instead karaoke mom
sings the carpenters i
frank sinatra sun sets
rises over city of my
mother all around me in
the morning graveyard
we visit the plot of
grandparents shade of
mausoleum kids sell
corn buy little plastic
forks mom doesn’t tell
any stories no family
history just stares
at names isadora
sinforoso pray
one our father one
hail mary asks if
the corn is overripe
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Kyle Seamus Brosnihan is a Filipino-American poet and playwright. Raised in Nebraska, he now lives in New York. He received his MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College in 2022. His poetry has been published in Hobart, Peach Magazine, The Mantle, Interpret Magazine, and elsewhere. |
