* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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When the people have won a victory whether small or large do you ever wonder
Knowing you might some day come and how unprepared I’ve always been like Mr. Sloppy in Charles Dickens’
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
Reminding us, as they witnessed our curiosity about them, that no matter the losses, there’s something fabulous going on at every stage of Life, something to let go of, maybe, but for d...
Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how could… Was I depressed? Understanding editing, I see how a comma, removed or inse…
The tree of life has fallen on my small house. I thought it was so much bigger! But it is not. There in the distance I see the m…
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
Going out to the garden this morning to plant seeds for my winter greens —the strong, fiery mustard
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.