But today the sky has gone out
of its way to remember the day I last kissed—
It was electric. & a bit bruised. & the clouds above us
were swelling temples shuddering
little lights in their stained-glass windows.
~ from "I Should be Angry"
THE HOUSE
HAS TEETH
NEW BOOK • SEPTEMBER 2026
"The beautiful strangeness of language and the sobering strangeness of life are braided into lyrical brilliance in Aldo Amparán’s second book... These poems are undeniable and exquisite."
—Eduardo Corral,
author of Guillotine
In The House Has Teeth, award-winning poet Aldo Amparán offers a profound rumination on violence, trauma, and how the spaces meant to protect us can become the most insidious.
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