Articles tagged: poetry
In ‘Al Norte,’ a Through Line of Transience That Is Still True Today
Juan Palomo offers thoughtful, compelling language to tell the story of his migrant family in his debut book of poetry.
Every summer, Juan Palomo squeezed into the backseat of his father’s ’52 Plymouth for his family’s annual migration. “Like birds,” his people knew...Read More
‘My Cousin Dies, Like a Deer, On the Side of the Road’
“The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is asking for help from the public in the investigation of a fatal hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death o...Read More
Author Saeed Jones on Empathy, the Power of Memoir, and Growing up Gay in North Texas
“My mission has always been to help people understand that we are never alone in the world.”
Saeed Jones possesses the rare ability to see himself with uncompromising clarity. He also has the courage to put his insights down on paper, chronicling the sh...Read More
Lost in Limbo in the Hays County Jail
For 45 painful, lonely days, I waited and waited to be convicted of a crime.
The cold bit through the thin wool blanket and climbed up the short sleeves of my Women of the World Poetry Slam T-shirt as I lay on the cement floor of the Hay...Read More
Poem: ‘Resistance’
Within morning’s unsettled light, / students stride out / into the streets......Read More
Poem: ‘Screenplay for a Homemade Movie’
My cousin & his wife married their next-door neighbors. This is as romantic as Pleasanton gets. First each other, then after eight years......Read More
Poem: ‘Whitewashing’
The Observer's August poem: 'Whitewashing,' by Gerard Robledo, a San Antonio poet who works at San Antonio College and the Barrio Writer’s youth program....Read More
Poem: ‘Rice and Beans’
In the Observer's June poem, Patti Radle remembers streetwise preacher Father Lorenzo Rosebaugh, who ate with the people he served....Read More