{"id":2020,"date":"2017-07-02T20:14:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2017-07-02T20:14:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T20:14:23","slug":"across-the-oceans-iii-issue-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/across-the-oceans-iii-issue-7\/","title":{"rendered":"ACROSS THE OCEANS III (ISSUE 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.1.7.8 Content AdSense async --> \n\n<script async data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {\r\n\/* desktop monitors *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width >= 1024  && quads_screen_width < 1140 ) {\r\n\/* tablet landscape *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width >= 768  && quads_screen_width < 1024 ) {\r\n\/* tablet portrait *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width < 768 ) {\r\n\/* phone *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>ACROSS THE OCEANS III (ISSUE 7)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Poems by Sergio Ortiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bare Embers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You, naked<\/p>\n<p>stretch out on my skin<\/p>\n<p>like a hill bitten by the sun.<\/p>\n<p>The fruit slips, grows, swells,<\/p>\n<p>it burns. At six in the mirror<\/p>\n<p>you enter me<\/p>\n<p>as the most expectant guest,<\/p>\n<p>simple as a river of light.<\/p>\n<p>You cover me with your man skin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You, the tongue that runs through my veins<\/p>\n<p>to silence me. You take my eyes off<\/p>\n<p>painfully and give me two other arms<\/p>\n<p>with which to weigh your inner thighs.<\/p>\n<p>Your mouth drizzles on my neck.<\/p>\n<p>You scratch my back and write your name.<\/p>\n<p>You talk to me with your bones.<\/p>\n<p>My moan,<\/p>\n<p>the longest sound you\u2019ll hear tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When we are alone, still naked,<\/p>\n<p>when everything is over,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it hails.<\/p>\n<p>The air has just discovered us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>There were windy streets <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>and cold suns on my skin,<\/p>\n<p>his wounds still shiver inside me,<\/p>\n<p>and days that came from death<\/p>\n<p>to cast his face in every hour,<\/p>\n<p>a soldier lost in the ice of his Gulag,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>who forgot the why and where<\/p>\n<p>of survival. Eyes seeking the slipstream<\/p>\n<p>of trains opened to the void.<\/p>\n<p>Birds bequeathed their footprints<\/p>\n<p>on his snowy back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My eyes have not seen him,<\/p>\n<p>the memory of streets that come<\/p>\n<p>from night and run parallel to death.<\/p>\n<p>I, the exhausted soldier,<\/p>\n<p>the residue of undefeated battles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*for the children murdered with chemical weapons in Syria<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad2\" id=\"quads-ad2\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/spoken-waves-issue-7\/20170125_171351\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?fit=990%2C1300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"990,1300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20170125_171351\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?fit=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?fit=780%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2030 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351-228x300.jpg?resize=228%2C300\" alt=\"20170125_171351\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?resize=768%2C1008&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?resize=780%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20170125_171351.jpg?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Sergio A. Ortiz<\/strong> is a Puerto Rican poet and the founding editor of Undertow Tanka Review. He is a two-time Pushcart nominee, a four time Best of the Web nominee, and a 2016 Best of the Net nominee. He is currently working on his first full length collection of poems,\u00a0<em>Elephant Graveyard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\" id=\"quads-ad3\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACROSS THE OCEANS III (ISSUE 7) Two Poems by Sergio Ortiz Bare Embers You, naked stretch out on my skin like a hill bitten by&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[67,379,114,428],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1683,"url":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/across-the-oceans-i-issue-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":2020,"position":0},"title":"ACROSS THE OCEANS I (ISSUE 6)","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"ACROSS THE OCEANS I (ISSUE 6) \u00a0 WITCHING THE WORLD By\u00a0Sergio A. 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