As Though the Wound Had Heard Ideas Have No Smell Daarom roept ze de herinnering

Daarom roept ze de herinnering op aan pioniers als Nina Simone

to inscribe with ink and thread

In her long poem "Concerning Matters Culinary" inspired by the first Latin cookbook

these poems are for anyone motivated by the homoerotic and intimate etymology of comrade: one who shares the same room

she expanded the work into a full-length book

As Though the Wound Had Heard Ideas Have No Smell Daarom roept ze de herinneringMara Pastor 'Words rarely fail us. Rather, its often the other way around. A poem like Mara Pastors Man reminds me of how much we undercut and burden them with the task of unidirectional sense making. It lodges in my mindparasitic, tapeworm likefor its odd humor, unsettling ambiguity, and refusal to budge. The Busts of Mart is a comedic take on polyvocality. Mara Jos Gimnezs translations capture the quirks of Pastors playful sensibility, and what