The Weekly Commuter

Check out a newly posted “poem on the range” on Slice Literary - NYC, or read it here:

Not a Shadow to Scare

Allow for a boy
on his wide range
who fashions lassos
from stripped ostrich feathers.

Even on his slow mount, the high heat
makes life hard to see.
Noon, and the pheasants
(fat thoughts on the Pampas)
slip up suddenly,
in twos
and threes,
noosed
and so easily.

Check out my new poem (along with a great image) on Slice Literary - NYC, or read it here:

Catching a Ride

In no rush
to hold up the sky,
we lull the low hills
into folding the afternoon
across the road home.

Later, we’ll collect fog
in the valley below,
but for now I’m working
on floating my hand
on the currents
outside my window.

I haven’t posted a new poem in SO long! Why? Because I’ve been submitting all new material to the Slice Magazine blog, and it recently has gone through a major overhaul. However, the blog is back, with a new look and a new name, Slice Literary - NYC. I expect that my new poems will appear any day now, but all of the already posted poems can now be accessed via clicking Joa Suorez in the sidebar. So, more poems soon!!!

In other news, Aneesa Davenport and I may be collaborating on a poetry book project. BOOK! We’re only in the beginning planning stages, but I’m so excited! We’ll see how everything develops. That’s it for now. -Joa

A very short new poem (”Soft-Shelled”) is up on Slice along with a soothing, beachy picture. Click over to read it there, or take a look here (below). That’s all for now!

Soft-Shelled

We feel the waves
before they arrive.

Though our thinner shells
make us more alive
to pain—we can’t help
but let the world in.

As promised, a new poem is up on the Slice magazine site. My totally unbiased coworker Rob loves it, so you know it must be good. Have a look there or read it here:

Not a Lizard, Not a Mouse

You may need
some small life
carried loosely
in the mouth
to warble the sounds
trapped in the floorboards
of your house—the hard part
will be hunting one down.

“Earth Eaters” is getting its time in the sun; it’s up on the Slice magazine blog now with a cool picture! I should have a new poem up next week.

A new sunset-y poem up on the Slice blog today. Click the link to check it out or read it below!

Suggesting a Cloud

Soak the day
until its soft colors
drain and only
an outline
of all we did
remains—a memory
new enough
we still see it
the same—a vague shape
against the sun
that evening
carries away.

Issue 9 of the literary journal Monday Night is available now…and I’m in it! Check out the link to view my two poems live online or, if you’re in the mood for the real deal, purchase a copy of the magazine for $3 from the site (what a lovely, lively squid on the cover!).

Hi everybody. Guess what? I’m now a poet-in-residence for the literary blog, Slice. Yeah! It’s all thanks to Alex, who invited me to submit. Thank you Alex! A new poem of mine will be featured on the blog every couple of weeks, starting with “Heart Swell” this week. I’m so excited!! I think I can simultaneously post here and there, but I’ll let you know if that changes. And now, more poems for the people (I have a demanding public now, right?).

I haven’t posted a poem in such a long time (why? I don’t know)…but here (below) is a poem written for and read at David and Emily’s wedding last Saturday. I was trying to make sure this LOVE poem wouldn’t be too out there, since a crowd of David and Emily’s family and friends would be listening and interpreting. I think it worked! Now I must get back to real work.