Poetry | $10
Perfect-bound. 48 pp, 4.5 x 7 in.
ISBN 978-1-933254-05-0
Distribution: SPD

This is the second coming of Cedar Sigo's Selected Writings in a new expanded edition bound to dig a bi-coastal poetic aqueduct with heartland tricklers. Sigo's work is most aptly compared to plumbing without the pipes: water flows in elegant designs through invisible walls at a touch. Originally released in the spring of 2003, the first edition of Sigo's book quickly sold out; the present edition adds a number of new poems to the surviving text and comes sheathed in a freshly offset & letterpressed cover designed by Jeremy Mickel.

"Cedar has added ten new poems to the original four of that manuscript, along with a slight change in one of the sections of the long poem 'O Twist No Inferno.' As I've been reading through the book, I love how the additional poems provide a new context for the first four. I get the sensation of familiar music being played through new instruments, remixed or extended versions of favorite songs. Like many poets I admire, Cedar is a subtle DJ who uses repetition and slight variations on lines to amplify his sound. [...] Rereading 'O Twist No Inferno' two years later, I see it as an ambitious and effective long piece. [...] There's a hardness to Cedar's lines and stanzas that signals a serious dedication to poetry and her affiliates. [...] Much like Juan Sánchez Peláez did in his final collection, Aire sobre el aire (1989), Cedar accomplishes a great deal with only 14 poems. 'O Twist No Inferno''s epic allusions spread throughout the entire collection, allowing individual lines to serve as chapters, books within the book." —GUILLERMO JUAN PARRA, in VENEPOETICS

Poem 

The king's two bodies
Still open, face down upon the bed 
Searching their jackets
My brother and I 
Had never imagined them dead
Part of our allegiance 
Was cutting open their little fingers
The lines ran down 
Into horribly uneven parts,
Mirth, brilliance, and luxury 
Clash by night
We left the key poems 
Alone in the room
And beyond recognition 
Unlocking the door twice more

We disowned them.  

We disowned them.