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National Poetry Month Thank you for all your poetry submissions, BL poets! Here are the last two poems for our celebration of National Poetry Month. Hope you enjoyed it. Love as it is Today by Antonely Molina People seem to find themselves in confusion Confused over the word L.O.V.E. A word so powerful but yet, Read More
National Poetry Month The Fruits of Latin America By: Osmara Garcia Five thousand miles away from home, I find myself in a market in Spain. Where I’m from, we call it “la Madre Patria”. We have all heard the stories of the great conquest of the west and colonization. We have read about the triumphs Read More
National Poetry Month HOUSEHOLD OF FIVE By: Wilber Rivera Household of five as you walk through the stare is not HI! its an oh! its you comment and acknowledgement of your presence is dismissed. Household of five the most vivid and different personalities though malicious when crossed, to them, you are just not enough. Read More
National Poetry Month In Search of You Around the World by Lucilla Iturralde My heart seeks to whisper Your name Lying next to you Heart pounding Sharing the thrill At the warmth Of your breath Hovering Over my yearning breasts Where I grab onto you and see Your nose Read More
Rufino’s Secret By: Rick Kearns In the legends of 17th century Puerto Rico there is a story of a brave Indian who fought sharks his name was Rufino As he dives in the water long knife strapped to his wrist he hears the shouts of the Spanish noblemen calling out Rufino! Rufino! supporting him they Read More
National Poetry Month I Can Say That Word By Hector Luis Alamo, Jr. Whenever a friend who’s black comes up to me with the greeting “Sup, my n—-?” I always answer back Porque I can say that word Sometimes they make a face and they tentatively ask me, “Are you even black?” But I put Read More
National Poetry Month Soneto I By Dennis J Bock Como la fruta plastica espera que sea devorada O las redes lanzadas segando un mar vacio, Los minutos mudos caigan como arboles Amazonas En el remanso del Tiempo. ¡Fantasma! Te acuestas conmigo adentro en el silencio Con tus ojos fríos, lejos estas de mi corazón. Aqui Read More
National Poetry Month Untitled By JueLee Ocasio Passing the time aching for the reality, fantasy I know you were born out of these impure thoughts, lucid blue fading away the moment you enter the room , sexy , sullen almost boyish like, an innocence like the taste of ice cream on tongue melting from heat, Read More
National Poetry Month Untitled By John Avalos Rios I feel beauty in different languages Beauty from their dynamic sounds Beauty of proportions so great abound Spanish/ English French/Italian Aztec/Zapotec, Purépecha I love Alas, I find it difficult To hear beauty in Sofia Vergara’s accent. So sorry that I sound Offensive. OhHollywoodexecutives Continue to perpetuate The Read More
National Poetry Month Alive By Shinken del Fénix I wander through this world of whirling wind A world where greed is the resounding din I am a man of myth; no one hears My story for they’re deaf and full of fear Amor, it is a lonely way I walk Where the stars sing songs Read More