César Leonardo de León
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From “El Mundo” by César Leonardo de León
when we played loteríaI was expected to like La Sirena the roundness of breasts rendered on cardboardshould’ve lured meinto the depths of manhood I liked El Mundo instead his chest wide, his back amplethe world balancing on the mounds of his shouldersthe authority of his thighs governing my gaze César Leonardo de León is a Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2025
I don’t remember my first poetry book. Not even the first poem I read, though I imagine both might have been something written by Shel Silverstein. I have come to believe that Silverstein’s poetry is the gateway drug for most of us. Though despite not remembering where it started, poetry has become a major part Continue reading
Alan Dugan, Alan Pelaez Lopez, Amalia Ortiz, Amanda Gorman, Ana Castillo, Andrea Gibson, Audre Lorde, Beatriz Miralles de Imperial, César Leonardo de León, Claudia Rankine, Edward Vidaurre, Gregory Sherl, Guy Duke, Jack Kerouac, Jacob Saenz, James K. Baxter, Jared Singer, John Murillo, Kate Rushin, Marvin Bell, Michael Jones, National Poetry Month, Ntozake Shange, Paul Guest, Philip Lamantia, Poetry, R.K. Fauth, Rita Dove, Sabrina Benaim, Shel Silverstein, Tato Laviera, Xochiquetzal Candelaria -
“when the drought ended” by César Leonardo de León
“when the drought ended”we speculated on howthe sky would foldand dull the blades around our necksone by onewe licked dewy petalsuntil we succumbed to the pleated soilwe sacrificedour polystyrene tetherswe planted forget-me-notsburned scorpion effigiescounted kestrelsflying into thunderwe renamed home De Léon, César Leonardo. “when the drought ended.” Speaking with Grackles by Soapberry Trees. Flowersong Press, Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2024
Amalia Ortiz, Ana M. Fores Tamayo, Andrea Gibson, Assata Shakur, Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, César Leonardo de León, Claudia Rankine, Cynthia Cruz, Dunya Mikhail, Gloria Anzaldua, H. Melt, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jane Mead, Juan Felipe Herrera, Kamala Platt, Katana Smith, Lauren Badillo Milici, Molly Brodak, Natalie D-Napoleon, National Poetry Month, Ocean Vuong, Olivia Gatwood, Pat Mora, Poem, Poetry, Priscilla Celina Suárez, PW Covington, Rossy Evelin Lima, Sabrina Benaim, Tracy K. Smith, Valarie Wallace, Vijay Seshadri, Warsan Shire -
“If William Carlos Williams Could Even”
by César Leonardo de León from Quetzalcoatl in Aisle 5 and Other Poemas This is just to say I took the organic plums you bought at Sprouts Market, the fancy one on north 10th street, and which you were probably going to Tweet about in the morning. #SoSweet I snapped a picture of three in Continue reading
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National Poetry Month 2023
We’re doing something a little different for National Poetry Month. I noticed a lot of my pervious poetry posts become outdated when a YouTube video either gets removed or goes private. This year, I decided to make use of my Canva subscription to create pretty pictures with the poems embedded in them. This will also Continue reading
A. R. Ammons, Andrea Gibson, Bert Meyers, Brenna Twohy, Cassie Workman, César Leonardo de León, Charles Simic, Chiagoziem Jideofor, Danez Smith, Doc Luben, Ebony Stewart, Emma Bolden, Emmy Perez, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Jan Seale, Jonathan Galassi, José Antonio Rodríguez, Junious "Jay" Ward, Kate Baer, Lady Mariposa, Matt Mitchell, National Poetry Month, Pat Parker, Poetry, René Saldaña Jr., Sarah Kay, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Sienna Meadow Burnett, Tank and the Bangas, Veronica Sandoval, William J. Harris
Chapin City Blues 