Martha C. Merrill

When the Heart Zooms In

Arts & Literature

“Arisandy’s poems range from the charming (his ode to his desk) to the heart-rending (his poem to his mother, whom he must leave) to the insightful (‘First name unknown is a fact of an unknown mind’). But all are filled with arresting images: to his mother, ‘I can’t ever repay you, even with the sea of diamonds.’ Readers will be enriched because Arisandy lets us inside his mind and heart.”