All This Time

Cedar Sigo was raised on the Suquamish Reservation in the Pacific Northwest and studied at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of eight books and pamphlets of poetry, including Royals (Wave Books, 2017), which was a finalist for the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, Language Arts (Wave Books, 2014); Stranger in Town (City Lights, 2010); Expensive Magic (House Press, 2008); two editions of Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003 and 2005); and most recently, the Bagley Wright Lecture Series book Guard the Mysteries (Wave Books, 2021). He has taught workshops at St. Mary’s College, Naropa University and University Press Books. He is currently a mentor in the low residency MFA program at The Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington.

• Table of ContentsOn DistortionArsenal 4Secrets of the Inner MindNovember 19, 2016Microtonal ConcertapeOn the WayCold ValleyMirror Box (Dissolved)First LoveSix Lines MissingThe StudioLight unburied, unchainedTwilight of the GodsSymbol on a Box LidLiquid CrystalsAll This TimeSnow EffectLike Someone in LoveNotes on Nicolas PoussinThe Balloon is AscendingStruggle ItselfOld MoneyWe are the AncestorsThe Prisoner’s SongMan Drowning with FlowersStarting from Old Man House (What did you learn here?)Plumes from a Tearoom in Lebanon, New JerseyDisguised Sonnet (on Style)The Material FieldSurface WavesComplete CubeCancel Culture (The Bardo)Lectures from the EarthSapphoSummer TriptychDouble VisionInstructionsSolariumHarry Callahan Poem

Cedar Sigo is a Frank O’Hara for the 21st century: witty, erudite, serious, with a terrific ear & eye for the minutest details, at home in the world of the arts.—Ron Silliman