The Language of Stones

This evocative sequence explores the creaturehood of stones – their emotional weight, their revolutionary yearnings, and the way their lifespans outlast our own, noting that “Nothing is less relevant than time / for the stones”. These short poems form a meditation on language and silence, and, ultimately, their entwined relationship to truth.

Andrés Urzúa de la Sotta has published six books, including Formas de Volar, Polvo de Ladrillo, and Tetris. His work has won the Premio Nacional Juegos Literarios Gabriela Mistral. He is the editor at Libros del Pez Espiral and co-organizes of Un Cielo Abierto, the International Poetry Festival of Valparaíso. He lives in Chile.

kevin mcpherson eckhoff has published five books, most recently The Pain Itself, a translation of lorem ipsum, as well as a fine-press edition of Circadia with Greenboathouse Press. He lives in BC, where he teaches at Okanagan College. Check out his pretend comedy album, Joke Killer.