Poems.

We lived happily during the war -- Dramatis personae -- Gunshot -- As soldiers march, Alfonso Covers the Boy's face with a newspaper -- Alfonso, in snow -- Deafness, an insurgency, begins -- Alfonso stands answerable -- That map of bone and opened valves -- Townspeople circle the Boy's body -- Of Weddings before the war -- Still newlyweds -- Soldiers aim at us -- Checkpoints -- Before the war, we made a child -- As soldiers choke the stairwell -- 4 a.m. bombardment -- Arrival -- Lullaby -- Question -- While the child sleeps, Sonya undresses -- Cigarette -- Dog sniffs -- What we cannot hear -- Central Square -- Widower -- For his wife -- I, This body -- Her dresses -- Elegy -- Above blue tin roofs, deafness -- City like a guillotine shivers on its way to the neck -- In the bright sleeve of the sky -- To live -- Townspeople watch them take Alfonso -- Away -- Eulogy -- Question -- Such is the story made of stubbornness and a little air -- Townspeople speak of Galya on her green bicycle -- When Momma Galya first protested -- Bundle of laundry -- What are days -- Galya whispers, as Anushka nuzzles -- Galya's puppeteers -- In Bombardment, Galya -- Little bundles -- Galya's toast -- Theater nights -- And while puppeteers are arrested -- Soldiers don't like looking foolish -- Search patrols -- Lullaby -- Firing squad -- Question -- Yet, I am -- Trial -- Pursued by the men of Vasenka -- Anonymous -- And yet, on some nights -- In a time of peace.

National Book Award: Poetry Finalist, 2019