Poetry & the hearts of women activists April 26, 2021 – Posted in: Blog, Poetry, recent
But we try, mothers like Akilah and me and we hope, somehow our sons will survive.
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But we try, mothers like Akilah and me and we hope, somehow our sons will survive.
Continue reading“Xicanisma Prophecies Post 2012 Putin’s Puppet” [is] hard-hitting political power. Want to read a poem that explains the political nightmare we are a part of, read this poem and memorize it and recite it at parties.” –thestilettogangblogspot.com
Continue readingDrawings by Castillo are featured throughout the collection and further showcase her connection to her work as both a writer and a visual artist. MY BOOK OF THE DEAD is a remarkable collection that features a poet at the height of her craft.
Continue readingWhether you belong to an organization, in government, the arts or sciences, or none, but are a caring human being, we may all do something for this planet, its inhabitants, water and plant life.
Continue readingAs Chicanas, Mexicans, and WOC our voices were not and have not yet been sufficiently heard in discussions on racism in the U.S. We continue our work to change this fact.
Continue readingFor those that would like to join in remembering and honoring her life, the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph will be livestreaming on their facebook page a Vigil Service tonight (Sunday, February 28th) at 6:30pm CST and her funeral service on Monday, March 1 at 10:30am CST. Additionally, TASSC has created a memorial page in her honor, including a page for sharing memories of Sr. Dianna.
Continue reading“’Xicanisma Prophecies Post 2012 Putin’s Puppet’ tells another story. It’s hard-hitting political power. Want to read a poem that explains the political nightmare we are a part of, read this poem and memorize it and recite it at parties.”
Continue readinghttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15505170.2020.1808130
Continue readingWe are not the women who’ll be hailed by White institutions for our poems. We are among the mothers whose hearts, laid heavy with history and tradition left to dark skinned women for 500 years did our best.
Continue reading(I’m currently using the working title, FALLEN STARS.)
I’m blessed to still be safe, with a roof over my head and food to eat but as a poet and writer, communicator, speaker, political commentator and independent thinker–it was critical to find my way out of that dark place of a world pandemic and in the U.S., an aspiring dictator in office.
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