standing prayers., by Joseph E Colona

Poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

standing prayers. is Joseph E Colona’s debut chapbook. His layered language invites multiple readings, rereadings, and misreadings. The varied tones this cycle of poems may be voiced invite you to consider both change and tradition.

standing prayers. is a collection of meditations. These modern prayers wrestle with jewish legacy, anti-semitism and their relevance now.

Joseph E Colona is known to wander. Currently, he writes and teaches in Baltimore city. standing prayers. is his debut work.