{"id":1471,"date":"2022-04-14T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/?page_id=1471"},"modified":"2022-04-15T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:02:10","slug":"aaron-caycedo-kimura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/aaron-caycedo-kimura\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Caycedo-Kimura"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Survivor&#8217;s Bell<\/h2>\n<h6>Originally published in<span>\u00a0<em>Louisiana Literature<\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a crystal tone cracks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 waiting room silence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stops<\/p>\n<p>time from breathing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 like a symphony\u2019s final chord<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>another survivor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a young woman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beams<\/p>\n<p>next to the brass bell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mounted on the wall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>rippling applause\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 other patients\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 once-over<\/p>\n<p>her posture\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 complexion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 full head of short hair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>my mother at eighty-six\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 returns to her crossword<\/p>\n<p>erases a row of squares\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wipes the dust off the page<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>staring at my iPad\u2019s lock screen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m certain<\/p>\n<p>she\u2019ll never pencil\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the ten letters\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 she needs<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>A<strong>aron Caycedo-Kimura is the author of\u00a0<em>Ubasute\u00a0<\/em>(Slapering Hol Press, 2021) and\u00a0<em>Common Grace\u00a0<\/em>(Fall 2022). His honors include a St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Literature and nominations for the\u00a0<em>Pushcart Prize<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Best of the Net<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Best New Poets\u00a0<\/em>anthologies. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in\u00a0<em>Beloit Poetry Journal<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Poetry Daily<\/em>,\u00a0<em>RHINO<\/em>,\u00a0<em>upstreet<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Verse Daily<\/em>,\u00a0<em>DMQ Review<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Poet Lore<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Night Heron Barks<\/em>, and elsewhere.<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Survivor&#8217;s Bell Originally published in\u00a0Louisiana Literature &nbsp; a crystal tone cracks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 waiting room silence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stops time from breathing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 like a symphony\u2019s final chord &nbsp; another survivor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a young woman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 beams next to the brass bell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mounted on the wall &nbsp; rippling applause\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 other patients\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 once-over her posture\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 complexion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 full head of short hair &nbsp; my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2391,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1471\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/236magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}