Poetry Break

“You Love a River” by Ire’ne Lara Silva

April 12, 2021April 10, 2021 GuillermoLeave a comment

I never had the opportunity to meet Ire’ne Lara Silva in person, but her poetry is wonderful. Her words carry so much weight, heavy with her message. I have chosen this poem – “You Love A River” – because it seems that the area has been receiving extra attention these last months. National news, of course, only seems to cover these border towns when the GOP wants to pretend they care about the dire situation of “undocumented children.” Or when they want to erect a wall to poison the beauty of the Rio Grande.

So please listen to the twelfth poem I have chosen for National Poetry Month.

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Poetry Break

National Poetry Month 2021

April 1, 2021May 23, 2021 Guillermo1 Comment

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“The Hill We Climb” by Amanda Gorman
“Fight for Love” by Andrea Gibson
“To Elsie” by William Carlos Williams
“A Life of Errands” by Leonard Cohen
“American Arithmetic” by Natalie Diaz
“In the Event of My Demise” by Tupac Amaru Shakur
“Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” by Richard Wilbur
“Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World” by Sherman Alexie
“Stone” by Charles Simic
“Said the Shotgun to the Head” by Saul Williams
“Memoir” by Vijay Seshadri
“You Love a River” by Ire’ne Lara Silva
“Process for Undocumented Students” by Celina Gomez
“Mama Said” by Isaac Nellum
“Heaven, or Whatever” by Shane Koyczan
“April 16, 2007” by Jared Singer
“Stop and Frisk” by Claudia Rankine
“Pearl” by Ted Kooser
“A Statement from No One, Incorporated” by Justin Phillip Reed
“Grace” by Joy Harjo
“Wanting to Die” by Anne Sexton
“Going Back to Sleep” by Molly Brodak
“I Love You Big Brother” by Alex Lemon
“Declaration” by Tracy K. Smith
“Whiteness Walks Into a Bar” by Franny Choi
“History Reconsidered” by Clint Smith III
“The Color of COVID” by Darius Simpson
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
“How to Read a Poem” by Guillermo
“Earthrise” by Amanda Gorman