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Xochitl-Julisa

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About Me

I wrote my first poem at age six. It went a little something like this, "Shoot, Shoot, in the night/ Shoot little star that's so bright/ I make a wish and say goodnight." I followed that success by winning a Knott's Berry Farm writing contest in the fifth grade. The story about the fastest, toughest, 11-year-old shooter in the west, was performed at the park, and I was invited to wave on the back of an old Ford truck in a parade. I've since been trying to relive this heyday. I've been published at poetrysuperhighway.com, PCC's 2007 Inscape Magazine, Umberella Journal's Bumbershoot Annual, La Verne's Prism Review sleepover edition, and 2009's Meridian Review. I am currently poetry editor of a new one time online compilation called The Splinter Generation. Check it out at www.splintergeneration.com.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Nikki Giovanni. John Lennon. Frida Kalho. Che Guevara.

My Blog

This is how we writers are...a poem by Denise Duhamel

A Different Story         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;&nb...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:17:00 GMT

Magnificent Mile

Magnificent MileWondering the Magnificent Mile,Falling into an Illinois forest Breaking from concrete, squeezing between skyscrapers, I spied my first firefly through branches of a willow tree.I reali...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:13:00 GMT

Ant Farm

Ant FarmI inherited an ant farm onceand placed it on the mantle in my bedroom.Every night before bed I watchedthe little workers build, burrow, and march about.One morning as soon as sleep had leftI r...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:12:00 GMT

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclips 8/28/07Lunar Eclipse 8/28/072:25Like a crescent moon,Micky D's Mac the Knifewithout the convertible,Is it moving?2:35A flaming ball of fire,like a comet flying through the sky,Do you see ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:11:00 GMT

Are you out there God?

Are you out there God? It's me, realistWhat the hell's wrong with you God?I don't believe you or in you, but if I did I'd think you were pretty fucked up.I've heard you're about peace and love, But i...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:01:00 GMT

Metamorphosus

Metamorphosis I'm diggin' a hole as wide as my armand as deep as the oceanand when I'm done I'll jump in and disappear. I'll hibernate for 3 and one third yearsand by then I'll be sure to be well int...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:00:00 GMT

An Ocean Tale

An Ocean TaleShe is my net that catches me from the fall. Her love, scented, as lovers do, in sun dried seaweed and salt kissed air, entangles me and in being tied to her sets me free. If I were off...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:49:00 GMT

Saigon

SaigonWild with untamed life seeping at the seems and spilling on to the streets.The west rode into the sunset to the east and now lawless outlaws lay outtheir wares to hustle for the All-American buc...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:29:00 GMT

Ghazal of the Traffic

Xochitl-Julisa BermejoGhazal of the TrafficThe sky blues yellow like smokers' teeth tar in the city.Smokers are made to take notice outside bars in the city.The clutch, brake, gas, repeat rhythm numbs...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:35:00 GMT

Chorizo Mornings

Tingling smell of salt silently invadesSleeping bedrooms calling dreamers to wake.Pans clank like Caribbean percussionAlong to Spanish beats bouncing from the stereo.And my mind begins to journey outO...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:13:00 GMT