Heredities : poems /
Martinez, J. Michael,1978-
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,
c2010.
Walt Whitman Award, 2009.
Heredities (1) etymology -- Xicano -- Maria -- He name me Miklo -- White -- Aporia -- Heredities (2) corporeity -- Water poppies open as the mouth -- Binding of the reeds -- Heredities : letters of relation : first letter, second letter, third letter -- Articulations of Quetzalcoatl's spine -- The sternum of Our Lady of Guadalupe -- The Lady of Guadalupe's dream and jade ruin -- Heredities (3) archetype -- Parable of the pigeon -- In the year of the jubilee -- The quietest heaven -- White song -- Portrait of an iris -- Meister Eckhart's sermon on flowers and the philosopher's reply -- Atropos -- Heredities (4) Amma -- Notes.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).