Today's poem is
"Diaspora Sonnet 34"
from Cherry Tree
Oliver de la Paz
is the author of five books of poetry. His most
recent book, The Boy in the Labyrinth is forthcoming from
the University of Akron Press. He is a founding member of
Kundiman and teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in
the Low Residency MFA Program at PLU.
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