Siren of Atlantis

Cedar Sigo is a poet and member of the Suquamish Nation. He studied at The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute. He is the author of endless books and pamphlets of poetry, including All This Time (Wave Books, 2021), 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 Siren of Atlantis (Wave Books, 2025). In 2022 he received a grants to artist’s award from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts He has taught all over the country including The University of Washington, Bard College, Washington University, Naropa University and The Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Lofall, Washington.

Previous praiseGUARD THE MYSTERIES"These influences are as present, as vital to the text, as the biographical details Sigo includes—about growing up on the Suquamish Reservation, about having a sexual awakening upon seeing a naked picture of Allen Ginsberg, about taking the ferry into Seattle and getting books and coffee in the University District."—Stefan Milne, Seattle MetALL THIS TIME"Words flow down the page like rain that might glaze William Carlos Williams’ wheelbarrow."—Rain Taxi"Poems jitter down pages, wildly enjambed, or arrive in prose blocks, as if each were having a visual chat with some stylistic antecedent."—Stefan Milne, Seattle Met

• ContentsRayographTexting SpellThe Life of Sun RaStranger (Full Text) #2Star JasmineSaint of the AbyssMettleHouse SittingMemorization SonnetHotel FrançoisDreaming of Li PoPsychic TVThe Vertical RoomThe Art of Making DancesSandA Scandal in PerilThe Endless FragmentHistorical MelodramaA Spiral and a StarReliquaryDirectional Field with ColumnsThe Last NightsNightfallMeanwhileTetrachord SonnetChatter in the Waiting RoomPapered HaloSiren of AtlantisWaving AmaryllisClose-Knit Flower SackThe Pursuit