This week in our series highlighting the poetry of Southern Latinx writers, we share two spectral and tender poems by Ariel Francisco, exploring modern scenes in a shopping mall, and negotiating plans for the future with a loved one.
Author Archives: Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco is the author of All My Heroes Are Broke (C&R Press, 2017) and Before Snowfall, After Rain (Glass Poetry Press, 2016). Born in the Bronx to Dominican and Guatemalan parents, he completed his MFA at Florida International University in Miami. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Academy of American Poets, The American Poetry Review, Best New Poets 2016, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere.