* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how could… Was I depressed? Understanding editing, I see how a comma, removed or inse…
As if I’ve swallowed A watermelon And Sidestepping My digestive tract
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
She is the one who will notice that the first snapdragon of Spring is
When you thought me poor, my poverty was shaming. When blackness was unwelcome we found it best that I stay home.
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
Going out to the garden this morning to plant seeds for my winter greens —the strong, fiery mustard
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
You confide in me that you are lonely,
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
Word reaches us that you are sleeping, sleeping. Dismayed we have turned to the sea. We encounter among others
The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…