Miriam Calleja

End of summer nocturne

Figure out a compromise
by opening the window,
let the cold night stars in.
Glass bottles dumped all at once.
The room is too hot. Too cold
the far-away sound of water.
You, in the next room.
You. In the next room
the far-away sound of water,
the room is too hot too cold.
Glass bottles dumped all at once
let the cold night stars in.
By opening the window,
figure out a compromise:
never get a reply.

Miriam Calleja

Miriam Calleja is a poet, nonfiction/fiction writer, and translator. She is the author of 3 poetry collections and 2 chapbooks. Her work has appeared in Sentinel Quarterly, Odyssey, and Tupelo Quarterly, and is upcoming in Modern Poetry in Translation, platform review, and Taos journal. Her poetry has been translated into several languages and she has read at festivals in Europe and the US.