Saturday, November 1, 2025

All Were Limones: a Reckoning of What Is

Title: All Were Limones

Author: Luisa Caycedo-Kimura

Publisher: The Word Works

 

 

Copyright:  2025

Number of Pages: 74

Special Honor: winner, The Hilary Tham Capital Collection

Blurbs by: Jennifer Franklin, Jennifer Oakes, Robert Pinsky, Dean Radner

Key Descriptors: Latin American culture, multicultural family, nature, celebration, loss

First Sentence: “If I’m a tree planted by streams/why is my tongue dry  my roots//unquenched”

Last Sentence: “Last night, I almost held berries/ for it in my hands.”

Comment: Life reveals itself in all its harshness and simple pleasures. Nothing is guaranteed but unexpected delights happen. For example, “Fireflies pan the garden nightly in search of you.”

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