National Endowment for the Arts Joins Mexican Partners in Launch of Bilingual Poetry Anthologies and Book Tour

Diane Thiel

Diane Thiel is the author of six books of poetry and non-fiction. Two of her acclaimed poetry collections are Echolocations, which received the Nicholas Roerich Prize, and Resistance Fantasies. Her work has garnered many honors including the Robert Frost Award, the Robinson Jeffers Award, and the New Millennium Writings Award. Her writing can be found in such publications as Best American Poetry 1999, Twentieth Century American Poetry, and The Hudson Review. She is now an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico.

South Beach Wedding

On Saturday, we walked Miami Beach,
together searching any quiet streets
and came upon a church tucked in between
the Deco, where a little garden wedding
was being held. We couldn’t help but move
a little closer. We must have been in love,
the way we neared to hear their vows--

                                                        CUT! CUT!

Stop the scene! What’s with the two of you? Can’t
you see we’re filming here? Security!
The groom began to curse the summer heat.
The bride said she was melting in her dress.
Escorted firmly from the premises,
we heard the words ring out - The Wedding Scene
take twenty-nine. Let’s get it right this time!

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