New Life

Ana Božičević grew up in Zadar, Croatia before coming to Brooklyn, New York. Ana is a poet, translator, teacher, and occasional singer. She is the author of Povratak lišća / Return of the Leaves, Selected Poems in Croatian (Hrvatsko Društvo Pisaca/Croatian Writers Society, 2020);  Joy of Missing Out (Birds, LLC, 2017); the Lambda Award-winning Rise in the Fall (Birds, LLC, 2013), and Stars of the Night Commute (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2009).

Table of Contents

 

BIRTHDAY      

NEW LIFE        

I FEEL LIKE      

WHO’S THAT  

I STOOD OUTSIDE...   

SOFT POEM

WATERFALL    

CFNR  

EVERYDAY PEOPLE     

ISLAND

5 THINGS AT 40          

MY HEART IS AN OLD MAJORDOMO

THE ALCHEMIST’S DIARY       

THE LAST WAVE         

WEAK SIGNAL HIGH QUALITY

THE FUTURE   

ZAGREB ‘93    

NULIFE

NAOMI POEM

I PUT  

OPHANIM      

MY BODY IS HAUNTING MY SOUL     

HEARTLAND   

PERSON          

TREE   

FREEFALL        

THE WIND      

TREES SEE

LONG LINES    

REQUIEM FOR GEORGE MICHAEL’S HOLOGRAM     

ARS POETICA  

APOCALYPSE WOW   

SIGH

TRASH MOON

BYRON

I WOULD LOVE TO     

EVIL TWIN      

THE GIFT        

SATURDAY     

&        

GOD IS DEPRESSED    

MOONWHATEVER     

MOONRING   

WIND 2          

LAST LOVERS LEFT ALIVE       

UNTITLED       

15-1 ON LIGHT           

NIKOLA TESLA FELL IN LOVE…

ODE TO THE ☀          

STRAND A      

ODE TO A ☁️  

HELMET MUSIC          

SOMETIMES   

NAOMI POEM 2         

SUPERSTAR    

TRIALOGUE    

GLITTER          

XXX     

ENDLESS HEART         

SAD WATER

HOW THE WORLD DOESN’T END

GLITTER 2       

LAST STAR      

THE PHILOSOPHERS   

US       

BRUNO’S ELEGY         

HAPPY ENDING