Siren of Atlantis (Wave Books) - Softcover

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Cedar Sigo is a poet and member of the Suquamish Nation. He studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of endless books and pamphlets of poetry, including All This Time (Wave Books, 2021), Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010), Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008), two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005) and most recently Siren of Atlantis (Wave Books, 2025). In 2022 he received a grants to artist’s award from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts He has taught all over the country including The University of Washington, Bard College, Washington University, Naropa University and The Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington.

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Texting Spell

                               Wash and dry

                  my hands

          obscure our central

          point of contact

his necklace

      and small talk

                in the mirror

      oblong inedible

                  cubes

                  Each word

being worth less

           than its

equivalent note

                  the embargo

           on content

                felt fine

and I remain

                    unbothered

       I coast routinely

         upon the remains

of pure music

                      a few lanterns

            get lost

                      in the dust up

            The rain is a

                   wobbling

       harp

             a snake

                   in the frosted

                   grass

      a black gleam

to the pipe

                 wax castings

                         of threads

          The sauna is nearly

                 empty (echoing)

it must be ripped

                 from its bedrock

                          bisected

            and filmed

bone white

                  lips pursed

         door shut

                 The overflowing

         fountain at night

                       desperate

                              western formations

        perfume

on charcoal

                  glossy

     almost

               without design

   Shaving foam

                  left

        on a mirror

        pulled from

Lascaux

                   spotted

and somewhat

                       soft

       Planetary orange

                 and yellow vowels