They Called us GenX'ers, Cesar Chavez

They called us Gen-Xers, Mr. Chávez—

We were just Dears with the glare in our face,

the Raza, the community, and Youth,

prospective and respective of what ask

our people (whose people?) By HI-Defs:

those in whose faces we see our own Dreams.

That’s what people are good for, their Vision,

Their Insight, their Trust, their Belief. More

Can be done. Yes all can be done and lived

by our Memory as if for the first time

virgins of peace not-touched by hate by rage

by the insistence that we don’t exist,

as once pronounced yb Ana Castillo,

of course. Women en los files de Poesia.

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Belated Birthday Sonnet to Swapan Basu

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Before I Log Out and Shut Down

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Bark,. Bite, and Bullet

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In its Beak, a Sonnet Dead

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Oh Beautiful for Intricate Letters

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Computer Eros Poetics

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Gyres of Two Points on the Po Spectrum: from union to undocked, to Jesus of course.

Check it out. I met him at the Rally.

He was wearing a button made from Blues

That spoke up in his Eyes. It’s Really

Not that Easy tryin to figure out Truces.

Like Laws look at them, standing over there

with their pant hems rolled up, nice calves, their sleeves

are spotless, shined, and pressed. And whatever

it is that we’re voting for. I trust breeze,

a feeling in the air. Yes it is. Si

se puede, ( como no ) si hubo

para Guerra si hubo para sangre

si hubo para negarles los derechos

a mi Gente y la tuya, somos Uno.

Oyes, crees que si? Asi es es Asi.

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Go on Gil Cedillo, a dream Keeper!: Sonnet for a Doer

Go on Gil Cedillo, a dream Keeper!
I stand with you, Leader of my Sonnet.

I saw you at a School in East L.A.

 Viva Garfield and Viva Roosevelt...

So, whaddup? You taking the Capitol

under your Wing and sheltering the Hope

of our Heroic Youth y de las Madres?

Let's have a look at the suit you're Wearing.

Aren't its sleeves and its Collar pressed Well?

Your Shoes have been shined just for this Hour.

Respect, it is clear, you've earned its Rewards

for you don't look at us as Mocosos

sin Ninguna Esperanza without Goals.

Que no se te haga Tarde, Honrado.

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Poems Aren't Made of These Types of Things Daffodil

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