We Scare Ourselves

We Scare Ourselves is a fresh, new book of poetry with an occasional bit of prose thrown in for good measure. Ortega’s poetry plays with decomposition by capitalizing and centering each line, indicating that every line standing alone is entitled to its own interpretation, its own meaning. Love, revolution, relationships, and music are the principal themes of this new, daring work. In this, the author of We Scare Ourselves exposes his own vulnerability by drafting a poem, then revising and r...