Dear Martin: I’m Also Glad You Didn’t Sneeze
Yes, hate labels, but I’ll call myself a Nuyrorican. However, my first role models as an adolescent were not Latino… read more
Simple Magic: The Spell
The Moon Turns Full Tonight. What Will You Do About… read more
Our River
Our River Blue’s Granpa, a dark Paiute, was sent to government boarding schools, that took him far from this… read more
In Memory of Kathy Chang(e)
I have read “The Peace Sculpture Wore” in memory of Kathy Chang(e) at a NYC open mic or reading series… read more
Full Harvest Moon
After loving my younger days spent in the sun, it seems I have become a moon worshipper now that I’ve… read more
Poets Crossing, USA
Poets Crossing, USA The… read more
Shout Out!
Thank you Writers Resist and Montreal Serai for continuing to move your progressive literary spaces forward during very difficult… read more
The NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade Cancelled? Don’t Be Silly.
What is this urgency to define oneself? I get some of it: Defining yourself before someone defines you seems critical…. read more
Policing America
I have a love/hate relationship with police—bitter lately. After my experiences with cops (a troubling Alabama sheriff sticks out) and … read more
The Plagued Masked Man Vs Young Buck
The Plagued Masked Man Vs Young Buck My Social Security has never been guaranteed. I grew up blind to being… read more
No Bernie, No Party, Austerity 2020
No Bernie, No Party, Austerity 2020 #45 plays, Covid-19 in the air, Passover looming, Bernie stops running—sacrificed for The… read more
Dream or Nightmare
You know: Bernie decided, was convinced, or was forced to stop running during a pandemic and #45’s sociopathic world-destroying U.S…. read more
Lockdown Experiment
Considering that I’m being asked, like everyone in New York City, to self-isolate because of Covid-19 and anticipate… read more
What It Takes
To Raise a Child With all due respect to the descendants of Igbo, Yoruba, and other African… read more
Hail Satan?
Uneven Piece for My Online Therapist Our start wasn’t bad, what with uneven asynchronous writing. Yet, line breaks … read more
Funny Bone Grave Stones
There was a spike in U.S. deaths shortly after the 2016 presidential elections (not true: just play along for now)…. read more
Are You Crazy Yet?
I have been questioning my grasp on reality for some time, especially the last four years; and this week, a… read more
Who Delivers Who in Time?
“The Crying Baby.” Oil, Charcoal, Paper, Pastel on Canvas by Tarasonoio Giovanna Mancini. Who Delivers Who in Time?… read more
Look Out For The Drift
Look Out for the Drift If you see yourself in a living room mirror speaking… read more
Kathy Change Remembered
The Peace Sculpture Wore … read more
Looking Normal in Kew Gardens
Looking Normal in Kew Gardens It’s normal not to think about the homeless mentally ill, until one picks up… read more
Who’s Watching You?
Or not… If I Should Die Suddenly You should know that I was far from done; that… read more
Young & Old/Hot & Cold
Bloodstone When do we ever stop looking for a father or mother—especially when craving for… read more
Should I Speak of Distant Oppression?
Should I Speak of Distant Oppression? Generations of my people were never butchered for their land or turned… read more
Coming Back Ranting
It has been exactly one strange year since my last post. Turning sixty, my mother’s death, and seeing the psycho-pathology… read more
Political Muse
To Be for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez In the recent past of shattered hope, The… read more
Show Your Love!
Alexandria is not in my congressional district. I did not even know her name until two weeks ago. However,… read more
“To Be” for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
You may think this post is a political advertisement: I see it is a love poem and public service announcement…. read more
Ropa Vieja in Cuba and Puerto Rico
*This article was picked up by Counterpunch for their June 4, 2018 issue. Ropa Vieja in Cuba and Puerto Rico… read more
Kew and Willow Books Open Mic
Bernard Titowsky’s Austin Used Book Shop disappeared from Kew Gardens, Queens, in 1984 when he lost his lease after 30… read more
The Common Core: It’s a Cookbook!
It’s often repeated old news that U.S. public education is being undermined by corporate interests and elitist ideologues. Yet, this sinister… read more
American Honey
Montreal Serai’s “Literature: Spirit” issue is out! “American Honey” and three more of my poems were included. Grateful to be in… read more
Being Cowed: A Disorienting Unity
“Hey, diddle, diddle” by Mother Goose Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon;… read more
Anti-Heroin Chic on This Black Friday
I recently came across an intriguing literary outlier space called Anti-Heroin Chic that supports dealing directly and creatively with pain instead of… read more
Faces of Maria
The most critical news from a shattered Puerto Rico and its traumatized people is not getting out. People on the island… read more