* La vaca, "the cow" in Spanish.
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How can Humanity look the deer in the face? How can I,
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
Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around
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…
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
When they torture your mother plant a tree When they torture your father plant a tree When they torture your brother
When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
My brothers knew The things you know. I did not scorn learning them; It’s just my mind
I have a friend who is turning gray, not just her hair, and I do not know why this is so.
I Sing of Mumia brilliant and strong and of the captivity that few black men escape
The old men used to sing And lifted a brother Carefully Out the door I used to think they
Going out to the garden this morning to plant seeds for my winter greens —the strong, fiery mustard
She is the one who will notice that the first snapdragon of Spring is