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Three poems by Oso Guardiola
Conversation in the Cathedral, Schism, Runoff
Conversation in the Cathedral
where are you?
dublin
where?
the bar
oh, so you’re somewhere with friends
no friends
are you with friends?
i’m nowhere with no friends
do you need anything from me?
i’ll be fine
are you lying to me?
no
are you lying to me?
i’m not lying to you
are you going to mass?
i’ll make my way there
okay. are you okay?
i’m okay
i’ll see you at mass?
i’m probably not going to mass
do you want anything from me?
Schism
Under lavender scented sheets
workday mornings called in sick
we discovered sins previously unknown
I-love-yous hush-spoken so tender
they offend angels; soften devils
Your blushing cheeks. A radical blessing.
Runoff
Give me something unforgivable to
churn with my tongue, I want to taste
your every sin or defilement or digression—
I want to forgive, because in some way
drinking your dirt and tasting your stains
will cleanse me, I trust it, I want your
rung-out offenses bloating my cheeks
threatening to asphyxiate and suffocate
if I breathe instead of swallow; I am
a weez of a savior and a hell of a Christ
a crumb of a Christian, a stain of a saint
a gutter for your runoff, a pillar of salt
Oso Guardiola
Oso Guardiola received his first MFA in English, Creative Writing — Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, and also earned the Maytag Scholarship and the Arthur James Pflughaupt Prize. His short stories have won the 2023 Gulf Coast Prize, the 2022 J.F. Powers Prize runner-up, and a 2021 Honorable Mention in the San Miguel Writers’ Contest. His nonfiction took 3rd place in the 2023 Jacques Maritain Prize. He was the 2024 Winter Workshop Scholar at Tin House. His work has appeared in Gulf Coast Magazine, Latino Book Review Magazine, La Piccioletta Barca, Dappled Things, and will be featured in Anarchist Fictions Journal. Oso is now pursuing a second MFA in Spanish, Creative Writing — Poetry at the University of Iowa.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Three poems by Oso Guardiola
Conversation in the Cathedral, Schism, Runoff
Three poems by Oso Guardiola
Conversation in the Cathedral, Schism, Runoff
Conversation in the Cathedral
where are you?
dublin
where?
the bar
oh, so you’re somewhere with friends
no friends
are you with friends?
i’m nowhere with no friends
do you need anything from me?
i’ll be fine
are you lying to me?
no
are you lying to me?
i’m not lying to you
are you going to mass?
i’ll make my way there
okay. are you okay?
i’m okay
i’ll see you at mass?
i’m probably not going to mass
do you want anything from me?
Schism
Under lavender scented sheets
workday mornings called in sick
we discovered sins previously unknown
I-love-yous hush-spoken so tender
they offend angels; soften devils
Your blushing cheeks. A radical blessing.
Runoff
Give me something unforgivable to
churn with my tongue, I want to taste
your every sin or defilement or digression—
I want to forgive, because in some way
drinking your dirt and tasting your stains
will cleanse me, I trust it, I want your
rung-out offenses bloating my cheeks
threatening to asphyxiate and suffocate
if I breathe instead of swallow; I am
a weez of a savior and a hell of a Christ
a crumb of a Christian, a stain of a saint
a gutter for your runoff, a pillar of salt
Oso Guardiola
Oso Guardiola received his first MFA in English, Creative Writing — Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa, and also earned the Maytag Scholarship and the Arthur James Pflughaupt Prize. His short stories have won the 2023 Gulf Coast Prize, the 2022 J.F. Powers Prize runner-up, and a 2021 Honorable Mention in the San Miguel Writers’ Contest. His nonfiction took 3rd place in the 2023 Jacques Maritain Prize. He was the 2024 Winter Workshop Scholar at Tin House. His work has appeared in Gulf Coast Magazine, Latino Book Review Magazine, La Piccioletta Barca, Dappled Things, and will be featured in Anarchist Fictions Journal. Oso is now pursuing a second MFA in Spanish, Creative Writing — Poetry at the University of Iowa.
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