Istanbul Literary Review - 3rd Year Anniversary Edition (#12)
Istanbul Literary Review - 3rd Year Anniversary Edition (#12)
Casa de Mateo: Homesick
by
Glenn Sheldon
Appetizer: plantain stuffed with
shrimps and served with baby green
tomatoes in a sauce of
sesame and pumpkin seeds.
Just that and the eggplant
wearing cheese. I’m tired on
the Rue Ste-Francois Xavier
and not in the Caribbean.
This side street offers meals that can
be ordered in breakable Spanish.
Oh no, no plantains left, por favor,
borrowed from other tropics.
My substitute arrives like
an Aztec stripped of spectacle.
Istanbul Literary Review - 3rd Year Anniversary Edition (#12)
Glenn Sheldon
USA
Glenn Sheldon is the author of the critical monograph, South of Our Selves (McFarland). Originally from Salem, Massachusetts, Sheldon considers the Midwest his adoptive home. Currently, he lives in Toledo, Ohio, where he is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary and Special Programs at The University of Toledo. His favorite course to teach is “Food and Eating in U.S. Culture”; and, his favorite critical subject is North Dakota poet Thomas McGrath. His first full-length poetry book, Bird Scarer, was published by Cervena Barva Press in early 2008.
Istanbul Literary Review - 3rd Year Anniversary Edition (#12)
