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HOUR OF THE OX PITT POETRY SERIES Ed Ochester, Editor H O U R O F T H E OX MARCI CALABRETTA CANCIO-BELLO University of Pittsburgh Press This book is the winner of the 2015 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, awarded by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). AWP, a national organization serving more than three hundred colleges and universities, has its headquarters at George Mason University, Mail Stop 1E3, Fairfax, VA 22030. The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry is made possible by the generous support of Amazon.com. Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260 Copyright © 2016, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN 13: 978-0-8229-6421-6 ISBN 10: 0-8229-6421-X Cover art: Pan by South African artist Jono Dry. Artwork can be found at Jonodryart.com. Cover design by Joel W. Coggins For every brother I’ve ever had, remembered or not CONTENTS Anti-Elegy 1 I Old Country, New World 5 Disconsolate Brother Returns as Penumbra 7 Postmarked 8 Bonsai 10 Restitution for the Grandson 11 All the Sheep Have Scattered 12 Invocation 13 Happiness 15 Oath 16 Cultivation 18 Herdboy and Weaver 19 From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows 21 Brother Returns as Chrysanthemum 22 History 23 Generosity 24 Your Mouth Is Full of Birds 25 In Season 26 The Last Supper 27 II Ode to Hunger 31 Brother Returns as Octopus 32 The Sea Urchin 33 Haenyeo: Image of the Pearl Diver 34 The Pearl Divers’ Daughters 36 The Asked-For Day 38 Penance 39 Last Half of a Letter from Home 41 Apodyopsis 42 Storm Elegy 43 Diffusion 45 Remedies for Grieving 46 Brother Returns as Sunflower 48 Vase of Ashes 49 Apperception 50 Brother Who Does Not Surface 52 Sijo for Early Spring, Year of the Boar 53 Returning Home 54 Songs of Thirst: Six Sijo 55 Notes 57 Acknowledgments 61 viii HOUR OF THE OX

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