Three Poems by Angela Narciso Torres

An excerpt from “Lilli’s Urn,” one of three poems by Angela Narciso Torres (poetry, ’09), published at Mom Egg Review:

Jolted awake by a flash—
a text from my college freshman
awake in his dorm at 2 a.m.

I rub sleep from my eyes,
find an audio clip
he’s written for solo cello—

Lilli’s Urn, he names it,
for the pup who arrived
on his sixth birthday,

his companion for a decade
before we lost her to cancer.
Four minor notes plucked

in a slow chuffing beat—
the stifled sobs of mourning.
Bow dragged over strings […continue reading here]