- Home
- Author Archive
Prison Walls
The light don’t shine for every in Prison by these steel beds. My heart is rock solid as concrete. I cry steel tear on the cloud day nothing… More
A Particular Sense of Peace
A particular sense of peace sits softly and silently inside.A piece (Peace) of you.A part of me.The walls we build around ourselves keep us locked inside the Prisons we… More
Dad’s Poem
In bed surrounded by humid darkness,Hand-carved hearts above and below.Your snoring echoes across the hall,Halls vapor clings to your breath.My tired belly full of hunted venison.My head full of… More
An Escape Artist
At eight, I was a magicianable to slip from any confinement.After my stepfather beat meand imprisoned me in my bedroom,I decided to disappear,sneaking into the passagewaybetween the left brain… More
Prison Eulogies
Prison EulogiesThe ones who diednever mattered muchexcept in herewhere the stories never endbecause they’re too realMichellewho beat her girluntil she got outand got her own selfkilledStellawho laughed & laugheduntil… More
The Double Edge
The Double EdgeThere is no shame in not surviving.Even as the blood is let outhonor and grace enter the vein.All heroes die for credibility.As for being a saint, Miguelo,it… More
Things Come Together, Things Fall Apart
Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and… More
PEN Appeal: Ragip Zarakolu
June 20, 2008 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Office of the Prime Minister Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara Turkey Fax: 90-312-417-0476 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
PEN Appeal: Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza
April 14, 2008 Dr. Alan García Pérez Presidente de la República del Perú Jr. de la Unión S/N 1ra. Cuadra, Cercado de Lima Lima, Peru Fax: +51 1 446 5886 Dra. Rosario… More
PEN Appeal: Pierre Fould Gerges
June 12, 2008 Minister of Justice and the Interior Sr. Ramón Rodríguez Chacín Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores y Justicia Av. Urdaneta, Edif. Sede MIJ, Piso 1, Carmelitas Caracas, Venezuela Fax: 011-58-212-861-2097 Attorney General Dra.… More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
