Paul Hlava is a first-generation Ecuadorian raised in Southern California. He holds an MFA from New York University and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Hlava lives and teaches English in New York.

Six Poems

by Paul Hlava

A Structure We Settled On
and Could Love

And when the wind filled us
we turned our backs upon the lights
of the city below and walked down
the old dirt path. Hand in hand
in silence we carried with us both
the view we had seen
and view we remembered.

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