Poesía
Let America Be America Again - Langston Hughes
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
What Part of Dignity Don't You Understand? A Migrant Manifesto
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The Day Laborer & The Fortune Teller - Christian Drake
BANNED AND BOXED UP POEM - Francisco X. Alarcón
BANNED AND BOXED UP POEM
by Francisco X. Alarcón
this poem has
indigenous features
and a brown skin
like Mother Earth
always will be under
“reasonable suspicion”
this poem roams
the open desert before
any barbed wire
it runs tumultuous
like a creek after
a monsoon rain
this poem breathes
the air free of charge
like a cloud in the sky
it has no need
for any legal papers
because is borderless
this poem doesn’t
believe in any imposed
mythical melting pot
it dreams the dreams
of the Native American
and Chicano/a authors
whose books were taken
away from classrooms
and boxed up in Tucson
this poem is breaking
away from these boxes
and joining in walkouts—
truth, tolerance, courage
will overcome no doubt
lies, fear, and silence
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Journaleros Del Norte:
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