Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Saturday, November 9, 2024
SHANE McCRAE ~
In the Event of
Officer how you know I'm dancing is the body
-cam. Look, I'm riding centuries of whips, the first half
Of the ghost, arms out the window up, the second half
Arms flat on the pavement, palms down, now the ghost is whole
My arms stretched forward, like I'm bowing, but if I
Were standing, stretched above my head. Officer how
you know I'm dead is that I seem to bow to you
________________________
Shane McCrae
The Many Hundreds of the Scent
Farrar, 2023
Friday, November 8, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
GOODBYE ~
The Albert Camus quote was chalked at 7 PM
election night with a good pal holding
a flashlight to guide the guiding words
BACKROAD CHALKIE NOV 6 '24
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
Sunday, November 3, 2024
LALO DELGADO ~
Stupid America
stupid america, see that chicano
with a big knife
in his steady hand
he doesn't want to knife you
he wants to sit down on a bench
and carve christ figures
but you won't let him.
stupid america, hear that chicano
shouting curses on the street
he is a poet
without paper and pencil
and since he cannot write
he will explode.
stupid america, remember that chicanito
flunking math and english
he is the picasso
of your western states
but he will die
with one thousand masterpieces
hanging only from his mind.
__________________
Lalo Delgardo
"Stupid America"
from Latino Poetry
Rigoberto Gonzalez, editor
The Library of America, 2024
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
