“California Heterochromia” is a beautiful binary-busting poem. Its fluidity of beauty and darkness is intertwined, painting a portrait of celebration and survival of tradition, ancestry, and life. The separation of stanzas by columns allows the reader to read this poem in multiple directions, creating an intimate connection between the two stanzas, as if both needed each other to be complete. Similar to the eyes, both are not required to see, but both bring depth perception.

Finally, there is so much movement and shift in geography, tone, and observation. sol’s poem is passing as you read this. This is more than a place poem; it is an infinite poem.

Carlos Quinteros III,MANAGING & POETRY EDITOR