Searching

I searched for 

a streak of stars  

free of cement

a visage 

abandoned in an instant

a track, a mark

I searched for 

insomnia  

immersed in water

a slit of future

the air bound by 

my silence

I searched for 

a street’s 

memorable sign 

in an enabled 

passageway

memory’s entrance

I searched

but at the wrong time

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Mirta del Carmen Fernández Ilharreguy, born in Paysandú, Uruguay, in 1968, is a poet with three published books and contributions to various anthologies. She also writes a column on Substack. The poem chosen for this publication is from her first book, “Después de la memoria” (2023).

Amira Plascencia has a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Houston. She is an independent translator and a poetry devotee.