“Negrita,” by Faith Scott
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“Negrita,” by Faith Scott

Vieques doors closed, shades drawn names that can tickle your tongue and slip in between the blinds and out into the air where they collapse in sudden rain drops and hide in the dust kicked up only with the heavy traffic of bare brown feet if you are careful you can peer between and your eyes might float through turbulent silence with only the occasional grunt and sigh whimper and cry there is a child in the corner there you’ll see...

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Faith Scott Awarded Spring 2009 Orlando Poetry Prize

Read Faith’s winning poem, “Negrita,” here.

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