Grieving in Pentecost
Gather from this world and its infirmities
language that can bear you, and in which
you can bear to speak of God: say that
sight surrenders petty deities of mild
benevolence and cruel
Jonathan Diaz
Jonathan Diaz lives in Whittier, California with his wife, Abigail. He is currently a faculty member of the Writing Program at the University of Southern California. Jonathan’s poetry has appeared in
Shaving
The razor’s wet and ragged glint
goes shining on the face it shaves.
You suck in air—aloe and mint.
The razor’s wet and ragged glint
marks your oath, takes devotion’