"When I’ve felt casualty creeping toward me I’ve never reached / for the gospel. Instead perhaps a fire or a dance. In this way / I know I am heretic— a dirtier flavor watching bones and papers..."
Lucia Orellana-Damacela’s publications include the poetry collection Sea of Rocks (Unsolicited Press, 2018), the chapbooks Longevity River (Plan B Press, 2019) and Life Lines (The Talbot-Heindl Experience, 2018).