7 Generations |
7 Generations *Little one you will need certain things to save youlike grand mama's prayers at nightlike el salmo 91 y la Virgen on your bedroom doora small rock in your right pocketthe one your great...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:54:00 GMT |
"Midori" {Revisiting old poems} |
"Midori"
1.
crimson illusions
and trick of light
a kaleidoscope of magazine clippings
on your bedroom wall
threatens my equilibrium
You lay your body over me
loose strands of your hai...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:46:00 GMT |
New York City (draft, draft..) |
New York City
At 4:54 am you pull
the crimson curtains shut
refuse dawn her entry
we give into
your brutal softness
& the pounding vibrations
of another spinning record
We, your ba...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:41:00 GMT |
Free Woman |
Free Woman* One day they will talk story about youHow you would dip the tips of your breast in the soft mouth of a running brookleave your fingerprints on the gray skull of a rock How you wo...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:47:00 GMT |
(song) |
(song)
in the soft places of my mind
your laughter falls like
sudden dawn
making the slow journey down
my spine
i can see
your voice drip
like molasses
over black metal edge
of microphone
&n...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:51:00 GMT |
Immigrant (Revisted) |
Immigrant
para NicaraguaLas chicarras have begun their love song againpleading mercy to the Managua SunA young boy sells coconut at the roadsidehis small hands wield machete with expert precision...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:57:00 GMT |
Poet (draft) |
Poeti have similes for youlined up like trees that flowercherry blossomswith your scentverbs that spring out of myinfinite beingcovered in dawni have metaphorscolored in rhymeto weave your being into ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT |
Hunter, Film Class, Racism and the death of my USB drive |
These past few days have been psychotic, balancing school, work and racism...
I am still amazed at how much the Hunter College student body has changed from when I first arrived straight out of...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 17:31:00 GMT |
Para Ana Castillo (one of my mothers) |
Ana Castillo:
who told you, you could write about
jaguar women
who said you could speak
about bleeding ripped nipples
who allowed you to turn women's meaningless lives ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 17:41:00 GMT |
Service Industry: Draft |
Service Industry
for Nadia because we come from an invincible tribe.
Brown hands
sweep up crumbs
wipe down counters
cut bread
slice ham
wrap gifts
oil splattered dreams
spread purple b...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:28:00 GMT |
