p1GUITARRABy Nicolás GuillénFueron a cazar guitarras,bajo la luna llena.Y trajeron ésta,pálida, fina, esbelta,ojos de inagotable...
p1TONTON MACOUTEBy Nicolás GuillénCánidonumeroso en Haití bajo la EraCuadrúpeda. Ejemplarhallado en corral presidencialjunto a las ruinassilvest...
p1TONTON MACOUTEBy Nicolás GuillénCanid,abundant in Haiti during the Eraof the Quadruped. Model specimenfound in the presidential corraljust...
p1EL CARIBEBy Nicolás GuillénEn el acuario del Gran Zoo,nada el Caribe. Este animalmarítimo y enigmáticotiene una cresta de cristal...
p1THE CARIBBEANBy Nicolás GuillénIn the aquarium of the Great Zoothe Caribbean slips by. This animal,enigmatic and maritime,has a crest...
p1A rickety door, a back one or side, not stableBy Justin Danzy No wrought iron bars like the door at my Aunt Cherry’s house on the East Side, her husband Ben always...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1All of Life Is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryBy Justin Danzywhich Timbaland claims inspired Aaliyah’s“Are You That Somebody,” a great song, yes,you must agree, ...RelationshipsFamily & Ancestors
p1We, &By Unknownungelīce is uswe are differencewe two islandsthe same / differentheld fast, that islandsurrounded by...
p1Wyn / LāðBy Unknown/ungelīc is ūs /different for us who need to weave lāð / pain into each other’s wyn / pleasure who sink...
p1LOS RÍOSBy Nicolás Guillén He aquí la jaula de las culebras. Enroscados en sí mismos, duermen los ríos, los sagrados ríos. El ...
p1intermissionBy Gwendolyn Brooks1(deep summer)By all things planetary, sweet, I swearThose hands may not possess these hands againUntil...
p1GORILABy Nicolás Guillén El gorila es un animal a poco más enteramente humano. No tiene patas sino casi pies, no tiene garras...
p1Al Público: AVIO-MAMUTBy Nicolás GuillénNo erala ruina de una avioneta,como en un principio se creyó.Era la osamentaseca y abandonada de un ...
p1Memorial to Ed BlandBy Gwendolyn Brooks He grew up being curious And thinking things are various. Nothing was merely deleterious Or spurious...Social CommentariesWar & Conflict
p1PraiseSong for Annie AllenBy Angela Jackson Before you There was none so high Minded, So elegantly eloquent. You were high standing Fruit. The ...
p1From “Appendix to The Anniad”By Gwendolyn Brooks leaves from a loose-leaf war diary 1 (“thousands—killed in action”) You need the untranslatable ice...
p1“Life for my child is simple, and is good.”By Gwendolyn BrooksLife for my child is simple, and is good.He knows his wish. Yes, but that is not all.Because I know ...LivingParenthood
p1Beverly Hills, ChicagoBy Gwendolyn BrooksThe dry brown coughing beneath their feet,(Only a while, for the handyman is on his way)These people...Social CommentariesClass
p1beauty shoppeBy Gwendolyn Brooks facial “We use Ardena here.” Madame Celeste Herself in charge, with hot tough-handed licks To tighten...Living
p1“One wants a Teller in a time like this.”By Gwendolyn BrooksOne wants a Teller in a time like this.One’s not a man, one’s not a woman grown,To bear enormous business...