Recenter Press
  • About
  • Books
    • Rest of US by Richard Hamilton
    • evening primroses by Emma Loomis-Amrhein
    • Profit | Prophet by Patrick Blagrave
    • To Hold Your Moss-Covered Heart by Schuyler Peck
    • The Good House & The Bad House by Doe Parker
    • The Road Is Long & Beautiful by Terra Oliveira
    • And Still To Sleep by Terra Oliveira
    • An Old Blue Light by Terra Oliveira
    • Processes: A Meditation by Terra Oliveira
  • Journal
    • Issue Four: Fall 2020
    • Issue Three: Spring 2020
    • Issue Two: Fall 2019
    • Issue One: Spring 2019
  • Interviews

i.

BY ERICK SÀENZ.


Dad,

Saturday afternoons
you’d awake, hung over
faded blue lazy boy.

i’d lay on
frayed carpet inspecting
baseball cards.

hours of tv
in that foreign tongue,
I half understood.

I sat and watched you,
                                              too.

ii.

BY ERICK SÀENZ.


Dad,
​

[remember drives home from l.a.]

I sat on your lap,
you sang along
KEARTH 101

I still hear those songs,
force me to remember
as songs can do.

Erick Sáenz is a 1st generation Latinx poet and High School English teacher from Los Angeles. He is the founding editor of Lilac Press, a small DIY imprint. He was formerly a contributing editor for the online journal Cheers from the Wasteland. In addition to several self-published chapbooks and zines, his work can be found online. His first book Sussuros a mi padre was released by The Operating System in 2018. You can find more of his work at:  www.ericksaenz.com .
  • About
  • Books
    • Rest of US by Richard Hamilton
    • evening primroses by Emma Loomis-Amrhein
    • Profit | Prophet by Patrick Blagrave
    • To Hold Your Moss-Covered Heart by Schuyler Peck
    • The Good House & The Bad House by Doe Parker
    • The Road Is Long & Beautiful by Terra Oliveira
    • And Still To Sleep by Terra Oliveira
    • An Old Blue Light by Terra Oliveira
    • Processes: A Meditation by Terra Oliveira
  • Journal
    • Issue Four: Fall 2020
    • Issue Three: Spring 2020
    • Issue Two: Fall 2019
    • Issue One: Spring 2019
  • Interviews