2 Alberto Ríos Poems

Alberto Ríos was born in 1952. He attended the University of Arizona and received a BA and MA in creative writing. He has served as the state poet laureate of Arizona. His work has won numerous awards, including six Pushcart Prizes.

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The Cities Inside Us

‘The Cities Inside Us’ by Alberto Ríos uses surreal imagery to imply that the collective sum of all of our experiences are stored within our bodies.

The poem is fairly typical of Ríos' work as it is concerned with the theme of identity and internal experience. Its creative use of imagery is also typical of the poet's work and is prevalent in many of his other poems.

We live in secret cities

And we travel unmapped roads.

We speak words between us that we recognize

But which cannot be looked up.

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Nani

‘Nani’ by Alberto Ríos is a multi-layered poem. In it, the poet addresses themes like family, heritage, and the past.

Sitting at her table, she serves

the sopa de arroz to me

instinctively, and I watch her,

the absolute mamá, and eat words

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