Pedro Poitevin
Relief
Inside the cabin,
somebody's forehead leans
over the window.
Neck bent,
shoulder and chin so close,
gaze tracing deep terrain.
I wonder
which scars it reads
beneath the clouds.
I, too, sometimes become
a broken shore.
Bio
A mathematician by profession, Pedro Poitevin is a bilingual poet and translator living in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Other poems have appeared in several Mexican literary magazines, including Letras Libres and Revista Picnic, as well as in several English-language publications, including Mathematical Intelligencer, Boston Literary Magazine, and Shit Creek Review.