Bossa Nova
after João Gilberto
thirteen miles of dancing was all I had left.
Our bodies clung through chords, swaying
Amílcar Peter Sanatan is a PhD. candidate in Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. His poetry has appeared in Caribbean and international literary magazines. In 2020, his creative non-fiction was shortlisted for the Johnson and Amoy Achong Prize for Caribbean Writers. For over a decade he has performed spoken word poetry and coordinated open mics in Trinidad and Tobago.