Dear Tree With Leafless Limbs,

Location

Was it birds
who taught
you

how to claw
the sky
after

seeing a poetics
of human
encroachment:

roadkill? No animal
can be
blamed

for revealing fangs
when they
protest

—

Eileen R. Tabios has released collections of poetry, fiction, art, essays, and experimental writings from publishers around the world. Recent releases include her second novel The Balikbayan Artist; an autobiography, THE INVENTOR; a poetry collection, Because I Love You, I Become War; an art monograph, Drawing the Six Directions; a flash fiction collection (in collaboration with harry k stammer), Getting To One; and KalapatingLeon, a Filipino translation by Danton Remoto of her novel DoveLion: A Fairy Tale for Our Times. More information is available at http://eileenrtabios.com

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