Poetry Sunday! 10 Years Later
Armed With Glowing Faith by RKA Written 9/11/2001 All the Poets have uncapped their pens tonight and ink, like blood, stains the fingers of the hidden rescue workers dousing the fire clearing the...
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Poetry Tuesday! Quits Smoking
And by Poetry Tuesday!, I mean me. I guess it’s time to come out of the smoke-filled closet. For my fellow Sancristobalenses, this should come as no surprise. But for my stateside family and...
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Poetry Tuesday! Anticipates the Equinox
Autumn, autumn, autumn…you sweet, sultry season of saffron and salmon. I can smell you, taste you, feel you–even in San Cristóbal de las Casas, far from the ripened air and exploding colors that always...
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When the electric current of the last cigarette puckers my skin, my body remembers what it feels like to fall in love.
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Poetry Zsuzsday!
Zsuzsi, short for Zsuzsanna [ZHOO-zhawn-naw] From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah), meaning “lily” or “rose” A sassy little salsa dancer with a flair for...
View ArticleHaiku Therapy
It’s been an action-packed couple of months: two weeks of T.O. in Xela, an unexpected three weeks in Chicago, and a drama-filled return to Chiapas. Today, I squint as I write you from my emergency...
View ArticleMake Your Music, Do Your Art, Live Your Dream
I very rarely plug my friends’ work in my blog (and I really should make a habit of it, seeing as I have so many wildly talented friends) but I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head since...
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¡Ni Una Más! Valentine’s Day The San Cristóbal Way
On February 14, 2013, ten months after the murder of Itzel Janet Méndez Pérez, several hundred people gathered in the center of San Cristóbal de las Casas with white lanterns marked with the names of...
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Ésta Que Soy: International Women’s Day 2013
On March 8, 2013, in honor of International Women’s Day, the Centro Hemisférico invited the community of San Cristóbal de las Casas to the steps of la Iglesia de Guadalupe for a poetic urban...
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Stop What You’re Doing. Write a Poem.
Stop what you’re doing and write a poem. Do it. Now. This morning, I had a Skype date with friend and ArtCorps artist, Jennifer Sklar Gilbert, who wagged her finger and told me I better start writing...
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Nomads, Clowns, and Vaginas: A Weekend of Art at EDELO
Paren el mundo que nos queremos bajar... “Stop the world, we want to get off!” reads the busy green invitation to El Forito Nomada’s weekend festival of art, music, clowns, theater, film, and poetry at...
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