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April 2007

Diana Delgado
New York, New York
Poetry
Residency: Fall 2006

 

The Haunting

My favorite pastime at Casa was reading the Classifieds. Local newspapers ubiquitously advertised the services of shamans, gurus, yogis, fortunetellers, and life coaches. Admittedly, I was intrigued—remembering a television program I'd seen, years before, about a cult of desert mystics who'd eaten the brain, soul, and intellect of Guns & Roses frontman, Axl Rose.

That being said, I met my own version of the occult when I realized that my Casa suite was haunted. Reason #1: Whenever I walked into the kitchen I felt creepy-cold feelings. Reason #2: In the kitchen I felt a creepy-cold feeling. Reason #3: I felt this cold-creepy feeling walk into the kitchen.
 
I'm not naming the suite number; I respect the privacy of ghosts. However, I will say it was male; it  gave off a grave-lonely vibe; it liked to hang in the kitchen. The good news? He never turned poltergeist. Maybe he knew I was there to write.

Diana's Bio:

Diana Marie Delgado’s most recent poems can be found in the Indiana Review’s Latino & Latina 2006 Summer Issue. Newer poems are forthcoming in Bordersenses & Ninth Letter. She is finishing her MFA in Poetry at Columbia University in NYC & received the San Francisco Foundation’s 2005 JameD. Phelan Award. She grew up in La Puente, California & is fond of hair, pine trees, the color red.

 

Links to Diana's Work:

*From the Fishouse an Audio Archive of Emerging Poets: http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/diana_marie_delgado/

*louderARTS Project: http://www.louderarts.com/poets/delgado/

*Verse Daily, Nov. 24, 2006, "L'Objet Petit" http://www.versedaily.com/

*The San Francisco Foundation: Judges reaction to my manuscript: http://www.sff.org/awards/literary.html

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