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A year in quarantine: How a writer has coped. January 27, 2021 – Posted in: Blog

It’s a year in quarantine.  Young(er) poets, writers & creatives may have transitioned more or less without much difficulty to Zooming with others–families & friends, peers & colleagues, strangers & might-be-more-maybes. Contrary to popular belief, ‘elders,’ Baby Boomers, ‘dinosaurs’ (as some derogatorily refer to my generation), maestras/os, your parents or grandparents aren’t all tech-challenged.   We’re not going around with ‘Jitterbug’ phones, emailing on desk top computers on our original AOL accounts, or prefer long distance…

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Se nos fue al cielo Armando Manzanero December 29, 2020 – Posted in: Blog

He was a lyrical poet of Mayan dissent who was passionate about the bolero genre.  His songs are romantic vignettes.  They come from a time where men/women had the public custom-kept their dignity even when hearts were broken…

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[Xicanisma Prophecies Post-2012] Putin’s Puppet : Poem December 6, 2020 – Posted in: Blog, recent

[Xicanisma[*] Prophecies Post-2012]         Putin’s Puppet

 is not Aryan (or a golden-hair-Thor) but through & through as close

                                                                               to yellow as it gets.

A flim-flam man claiming billions no one sees.        

                                                                                     He & the Czar

had a chat at the Ritz,       

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Miguel Algarín se fue al cielo December 1, 2020 – Posted in: Blog, recent

So   many years ago I added this book to my library.  Neruda was introduced to me by a good friend then, when I told her I had aspirations to become a poet. I don’t know how this title came into my possession but I still have it and consider it an important tool in my own development as a poet and translator. A few years later, I came to know Miguel Algarín, whom I first…

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