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Where I’m from, the crisp bone-rattling breeze engulfs your body when you go out for a morning jog as the warmth from the returning sun hugs your face, reminding you […]
Dedicated to all those who have battled Alzheimer’s and the family members that stood by their side. Love you, Dad! You are smiling You look familiar I am so happy […]
If you knew me you would know that just because my illness is invisible it doesn’t mean i am not sick.i can wear a smile just as good as everyone […]
The day my court date came, six years ago, was just that, The ending in the joint, where I served my time. The new phase of life where my freedom […]
why not root for myself I need to remind myself of where I come from where I’ve grown from who I am who I could be there is fire underneath […]
Would you like fries with that? With your double double burger? And a drink if you get the combo? With cheese, but not too much. And not touching the lettuce. […]
I cannot wait to be laid to rest surrounded by peat moss and slugs, My rotting skin soothed by the embrace of chanterelle and deathcaps let my hollowed bones be […]
Inspiratedby Nikki Giovanni’s “The Great Pax White” & The Spirit of the Black Arts Movement Make America GreatGreater Shouts fill the streets, sweaty bodies crowded together, basking in the summer […]
Tala, I still see your spirit sometimes. You’re sitting in the sun on the sofa, whispering words: “I want you.” You’re standing in the shower, forming faces behind mushy make-up. […]
behind tempered glass there is only us shielded, tinted, safe and contained windows reflect us- ghosts- against the world as it speeds by too fast to be noticed, eyes too […]
In my head, I lay in clouds of cotton, planted in spiraling hues of pigmented blues; Intermingling rosy tints coasting through. Swim in daydreams encased in the promise of budding […]
Grandpa sat slack against the wall entranced by sleep, bellowing out breaths often of varied staccato lengths, the wind stammering from beneath his wise old moustache. It had been fourteen […]
I am from blenders, from moleskin journals and music. I am from the hill where sunsets never disappoint, golden, warm– with a cool silky breeze grazing the skin. I am […]
happiness is — sand at the edge of a shoreline the last hour of an august afternoo n the purple hues of a sunset the cherry blossom s in spring […]
My mind is a prison; the walls are pink: no sanctimonious soul, no piercing voice or echoing song. A rainy day turns into a rainy week; hours to nitpick at […]
The deepest scents of curry and spices ooze into the eggshell kitchen tile. Tapping on Granny’s icy cold island counter. Butt firmly planted in a creaky stool from the 70s. […]
Subject analysis: In High School, I never got the chance to read a book that understood me. Instead, I was left with books that I disidentified and only read the […]
You start the long six hours drive on the lone desert highway void of life except tumbleweeds and sage brush. Your thoughts tumble and circle back like the dust devil […]
The last time I saw my baby cousin we were all in my mother’s backyard. My dad had set up one of my mom’s sun lounger chairs in front of […]
My father’s father was the first to face the crippling name. Though I do not know the ins and outs, I see what the name has done to him. The […]
My bare feet skipped through the thick, nighttime air, insensible to the encompassing zizz as hordes of malaria laden mosquitos hovered and buzzed, attacking in fierce, airborne squadrons. The mouth […]
As we stepped out of the elevator to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, I couldn’t help but stare at the badge that was given to me to allow me into […]
I look around this room, full of so much youth. We are already flowered but budding new limbs with a tremendous ache as we reach to become more. We all […]
My whole family is Mexican. I am Mexican, my parents are Mexican, my cousins are Mexican, my grandparents are Mexican, it goes on for a while. We’re all pretty Mexican, […]
When I was in fifth grade, I got lice. Addendum: in fifth grade, my whole Girl Scout troop got lice after spending the weekend before Thanksgiving camping in a lodge […]
My dad’s 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser barreled down the I-5 freeway, sending gentle wafts of balmy air over my mother, father and sister. Like hot breath, it descended directly beyond […]
let out a deep sigh as I looked in the fogged up mirror with a smile. My wet hair touches my back and towel wrapped around my body. In a […]
was surprise that our company was the transportation for Carlos Santana and his entourage for his concert in 2019 in San Diego. I have worked as a limo driver for […]
His name was Pablo, he is like our ancestors before us, another grain of sand in the sea of humanity. You will not find him in any books of history, […]
The four musketeers Jose, Joel, Jorge and Alfonso. We met in junior high. Joel’s family is from Ensenada Mexico. Joel is my best friend also my best man at my […]
I was nineteen years old and medically discharged from the military when I first started college. After the winter semester, I was academically suspended for maintaining a low GPA—I didn’t […]
Health inequalities exist in varying levels among many regions and ethnic groups, but among Indigenous North American groups health inequalities are much higher and typically more severe than for almost […]
January 22. Monday. The sky is clear and sunny, the air still. At least, that’s how I remember it–campus empty of people at 11am, which actually isn’t very likely. At […]
Coffee makes me a might nervous when I drink it.” Karl Childers, Sling Blade Each morning in the United States, 172, 437, 895 people awaken with the same vague feeling […]
Do I dread the sound of the sharpener ? Or revel in its turning, twisting and shaving away my cedarwood encasement ? A terrifying vibration and I am pointed, precise, […]
“Momma, I’m sorry, I just can’t do my hair as good as you can,” I say meekly. I’m met with a sigh. “Fine. Grab a stool to sit on and […]
A gray Honda minivan pulls up in front of the small girl, Phoebe, with eyes of a thunderstorm. Sunshine backpack on both shoulders and the peach hair of her ragdoll […]
I’ve been numbing with reruns of Cheers every night. I hate Sam and Diane. They wasted so much time not being together. It’s not that thinking of him makes me […]
Don’t cry child, in your courtyard they bathed the dead sun, and buried the moon, before leaving. — Faiz Ahmed Faiz Srinagar. 2:00am. The city burned at […]
A door bursts open and slams into the wall. My little sisters and cousins flood the room with yelling excited voices so loud the room spins like a kamikaze. Talking […]