Graceland to Gaza on Dia de los Muertos
Liz, Are you ghosting me? Scared you again? I’ve been online for a while after a huge meal and… read more
“The Arc of The Moral Universe is Long…”
Boricua Standing at Divided Attention Standing at attention conjures up images of soldiers listening, eyes front, back straight… read more
Kathy Chang(e) Oct 10, 1950 – Oct 22, 1996
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ https://thepracticingpoet.edublogs.org/2020/10/16/in-memory-of-kathy-change/ Burn: The Radical Disappearance of Kathy Change. MIT Journal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Change The Iron Moonhunter … read more
Last Night’s Distraction
Dr. Jane Goldberg’s Reality TV Group Therapy first appeared on a Manhattan cable network in 2009. The show lasted… read more
Animal or Insect
Shrinkage Native to South Dakota four hundred years ago, they could greet you with a blood freezing rattle— these… read more
Grey Matter To A Prick
Gorilla Glue After The World News
Gorilla Glue After The World News Sleep deprived, I sit bent on… 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
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
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
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
Avé Maria, Misericordia
I Avé Maria Native American Taino island, Borinquén, Puerto Rico, U.S. raped colony, carcass being eaten down to splintered bones,… read more
A Tennis Body
Warming Up After seeing U.S. Open qualifying tournament matches at the National Tennis Center last week, I came home… read more
Scratching My Head
Flash! I will be reading May 11th for…
The Boundless Tales Reading Series. It will be a pleasure to join Anne Born, Debra Emin, and John Esposito. Aida… read more
Dialogical Discourse to Creativity and Liberation in the Introductory Poetry Workshop
This is where I was two years ago. Feel free to build or burn your own bridges with this brief… read more
Going My Way?
Where are You on Religion? Does it play a role in your life? It’s hard to imagine the world… read more
First Post: Live Long and Prosper
I considered launching a blog this past year, unfortunately, not making it so. Fear laced with laziness probably had something to… read more