Low Grade Regression | Erik Manuel Soto

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 Deep in the crow

 boned blue onslaught

 certain plumes are apostles

 intoned to the skyfall

 with heavy luring


I promised silkworms

 beetroots or a love poem

 for letting me murder

 winged-nomads

 Told myself

 it was for Surrealism


No       I still dream

 of sunflowers burning.


Erik Manuel Soto’s poems have appeared in Volt 27the NelliganRiver and South Review, and Huizache. Winner of the inaugural Gronk Nicandro first book prize for poetry, Erik’s full length poetry collection Inside the Umber Iris is expected to release in the fall of 2025. He is currently bouncing around the West Coast.