The VPR Poem of the Week is James Cervantes’s “Spring Loaded,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 1999-2000 issue (Volume I, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.
James Cervantes has had work in many literary journals. He is also the author of various collections of poetry, including Temporary Meaning (Hamilton Stone Editions), Changing the Subject (Red Hen Press), The Fires in Oil Drums (San Pedro Press), The Year Is Approaching Snow (W.D. Hoffstadt & Sons), and The Headlong Future (New Rivers Press), which won The Capricorn Poetry Prize. Cervantes is the editor of Salt River Review.
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