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"I write poems on walls that crumble and fall
I talk to shadows that sleep and go away crying.”
Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008)
Tagolla, Delgado, Paredez at Bryant Park, NYC
http://latinopoetryreview.blogspot.com/2011/06/cantomundo-poet-diana-marie-delgado.html
CANTOMUNDO POET DIANA MARIE DELGADO READING WITH CARMEN TAFOLLA AND DEBORAH PAREDEZ AT BRYANT PARK
CantoMundo Poet Diana Marie Delgado will join fellow CantoMundo poets Carmen Tafolla and Deborah Paredez on June 14th at 7 p.m. for the Word for Word Poetry Series at Bryant Park. Please come out if you are in NYC!
Diana Marie Delgado is an accomplished Chicana poet, creative writing teacher, and community activist. She has published poetry in over 20 major literary magazines and online journals, and has taught poetry to at-risk youth and disadvantaged adults across the United States. She has held positions as an Associate Editor in a NYC publishing house and was the Assistant Director of Correspondence at the William J. Clinton Foundation prior to her current position as a Family Literacy Coordinator with the Coalition for Hispanic Family Services. Her most recent awards were a month-long writing residency at the Anderson Center in Minnesota and a scholarship to participate in Monarch Theater’s Intensive Playwriting Workshops with Migdalia Cruz and John Jesurun. She is a member of the Con Tinta and Macondista writing community, and a graduate of the Creative Writing program at Columbia University.
To Frida Kahlo by Marco A. Domínguez
I.
I notice skylines no one speaks of
in your paintings, and the clouds
behind you slaughtered in blues
and blacks, because the sun gushes
nowhere in your landscapes;
because your floral dresses hold
a tension more than rain clouds;
because your brow slows me
to your eyes. I see the weight
of spider monkeys perched
inside your portraits, sunflower roots
constricting you to earth, and blood
no one struggles to look away from;
blood on the horizon of your dress
spilling past the catheter at your knees.
Railroad Face by Ray Gonzalez
I sit with my railroad face and ask God to forgive me
Ray Gonzalez, “Railroad Face” from Consideration of the Guitar: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 2005 by Ray Gonzalez. Reprinted by permission of BOA Editions, Ltd.
Source: Consideration of the Guitar: New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2005)
Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011
30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011
Camaradas de Conjunto: Tuesday, March 15, at a press conference the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center officially unveiled the winning poster for the 30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011. The winners of this year’s TCF Poster Contest were Al Rendon (photographer) and Robert Herzick (graphic designer) who collaborated on this year’s winning design. Pictured in the poster with accordion is Narciso Martinez. This picture was taken by Al Rendon at the 10th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival at Rosedale Park. Narciso Martinez was warming up prior to his performance at the festival. This is one of those rare photographs that captured “Chicho” smiling.
The complete musical line-up for the 30th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011, plus passes and ticket information is now available at www.guadalupeculturalarts.org Scroll down and click on Tejano Conjunto Festival. Spread the word y como siempre, gracias por su apoyo. Juan
La historia de los ángeles by Victor David Sandiego
It goes:
We are made of reeds and pull
the air into our lungs through them; we descend
from a long line of lamps with wicks and oil
that, from the alcoves,
illuminate the corridors between worlds.
Our habitat is filled:
with rivers, meadows, mountains, horses, antelope, and trees.
Juniper child on his knees guards a beetle in the dust.
Grandmother plants flowers and mud
crawls over our days…
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