“At first, the star was small—
Erwin Arroyo Pérez, “The Girl Who Swallowed a Star”
a sugar pearl,
a bright bead on her tongue.
She swallowed it whole—
it did not burn.”
Erwin Arroyo Pérez is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at The Poetry Lighthouse. He also teaches English literature and works as a translator. He holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Université Paris Nanterre and King’s College London, specialising in Victorian literature and poetry. He has studied under poet Sarah Howe and novelist Benjamin Wood, shaping his approach to creative writing. Erwin’s poetry has been published in Ink Sweat & Tears, Wildscape, The Nature of Our Times, The Winged Moon, Respublica Politics, The Jewel City Review, Nanterre University Press, and other American and British literary magazines and anthologies.
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