Alicia Wright
HISTORICAL EYE
I hold
open the
horse’s eye
its lids
lip slick
dirt amulet
finger pry
forceps
opening
wider its
fissure I
rip tunics
history’s blue
buckskin
I object in
monocular
vision hold
pierce light
tear canthus
the horse’s
eye glows
impassive
I form
as opener
held in its
beast gloss
I fasten his
fascination
it pins
me holding
for as
long
as I can
think
Biographical Statement
Alicia Wright's poetry appears in The Paris Review, jubilat, Peripheries, and Third Coast, among others. She serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of Iowa and is the editor of Annulet.