Category Archives: Monique Quintana

Monique Quintana Turpentine is the color of serpent             For Sallie Saiz is the color of codices. A girl is born inside a codex. There are pages of a snake pit to tell her the difference between this reptile from the next. There are reptiles with honor and dishonor. She reads that dreams about reptiles meanContinue reading “Monique Quintana – Turpentine is the color of serpent”

Monique Quintana The color of Saturday             For Jackie Huertaz is burned until it dissipates. In the smoke of the valley, a girl stands near the train tracks making animal balloons into lions for sale. She decides to keep them because they call her guide, and they call her advisor. They paw to Banda music. TheyContinue reading “Monique Quintana – The color of Saturday”

Monique Quintana We Fell in Love to Aquarium Radio             For Brenda Venezia and built nurseries on clouds and knew they’d sink into the sea eventually. Begonia and all. We dig until we find a bulb. A locket box. A memorabilia store. A pistil-shaped memoir. A pot of blue lip paint. An animal. A drownling. WhenContinue reading “Monique Quintana – We Fell in Love to Aquarium Radio”

Monique Quintana mapping peach and nautilus             For Jamie Moore When queens probed you underwater to test your intellect, you grew scales and swam to the surface, but you decided to stay in the water because you thought it was safer. You used an ammonite rind to make a boat for your daughter. She sailed pastContinue reading “Monique Quintana – mapping peach and nautilus”

Monique Quintana before the grapevine / pray for rain             For Kamilah Okafor You write a story, and you start at the end—The daughter walks the horse through the vines and the freeway until a clatter of bells tells her she’s home. Her mother keeps a mechanical horse in the city, and every winter, her motherContinue reading “Monique Quintana – before the grapevine / pray for rain”