Ameneyro, Brent, authorThe Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, publisher2024-06-252024-06-252024https://hdl.handle.net/10217/238553The poems in this manuscript explore identity through several lenses, including ancestry and personal experiences living in both the United States and Mexico. Ameneyro spent several formative years of his childhood living in Puebla, Mexico. His father is from Mexico City and his mother is from Wisconsin-this duality is the impetus for exploring identity in this collection. Because identity is a constantly evolving concept and is often difficult to pinpoint, the poems are sometimes grounded by concrete imagery and narrative, and other times they float off in lyric, subconscious dream scapes. And because identity is also tied to place, both criticism and celebration of the author's two countries appear throughout the collection. In other words, the personal inevitably becomes political.--Provided by publisher.Making a face out of granite -- To my ancestors -- Dad telling stories -- Instincts -- Movement -- A walk in Mercado de la Merced -- As the fog starts burning away -- Letter from a Paisa -- Tectonics -- The search -- Leaving before Christmas -- What happens after -- Movement manifesto -- Sweet little things -- Stipple ceiling -- How to move on -- The overwhelming smell of rosemary -- Measuring memory -- Tectonics -- Ars poetica -- To the guy who dressed a mannequin and propped it up in the passenger seat to use the carpool lane -- Outside the observable universe -- Choose your own adventure -- Rules of the game -- Mom is from Wisconsin Dad is from Mexico and I sing -- Puebla -- Odysseus as a Mexican boy -- I'll never be -- Tectonics -- Letter from a kid who sucked on quarters in kindergarten -- Ulysses in Puebla -- Roots -- Playing by the river at Rincón de San Andrés -- The water delivery man -- The return -- Girl with lilies knockoff -- Making a face out of clay -- Transcend -- All good stories require a journey -- The apartment complex -- The chairman -- Letter from a philosopher -- Tectonics -- The cold -- Frantic ghosts.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact The Center for Literary Publishing, attn: Permissions at creview@colostate.edu for use information.American poetry -- 21st centuryTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.