Unseen Stream

by Jaime Robles

Poetry. Jaime Robles' poem traces elemental fluencies as two lovers follow the unseen stream that flows beneath their city, "a stream hidden between fenced yards, / a blind of trees, under asphalt, along sewers, cables, / wires and roots. Sightless as a worm. / / ... blood under the skin." The lovers course the "cold, sinuous flow" of undercurrent by scent and pulse, "more liquid than tidal ocean / ... more numerous than voices." Jaime Robles is the editor / publisher of FIVE FINGERS REVIEW and founder of ROOMS magazine. She was a founding member of FIVE TREES PRESS and the literary editor of the artist Sam Francis's THE LAPIS PRESS. She lives in the Bay Area. Signed & numbered handsewn chapbook in an edition of 100, letterpress printed on French and Italian papers. Drawings by Adam Broner include one hand-colored by the artist. Number 1 in the Em Press Poetry Pamphlet Series.

16 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998