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Child of mud, of struggle, of sweat and of dirt and of heat and of hunger Y del sol y del viento, del mar y del fuego In Atl, in Ehecatl, in Tlalli in Tletl Were I to see you grow!!! … Were I to see you grow? What would I say if I saw [...]

Citlali Lover of the cold winter breeze passing through her long hair Who is lonely when nobody is there to share a laugh or have a hug Who needs love and happiness from her friends and family Who is sad when innocent people from around the world get neglected and beaten Who gives her dog [...]

    Dear Friends, Just a quick note to announce that El Pueblo Newspaper will become a reality on August 1st.  We will print on the 1st and the 15th, and we will distribute 40,000 copies monthly in the Northeast, Northwest and Southeast.  All copies not picked up at the racks will be distributed house [...]

El Salvador marks the death of Archbishop Oscar Romero’s Murder. The right-wing death squad who killed him had a slogan: “Be a Patriot. Kill A Priest.” Oscar Romero was a proponent of Liberation Theology. A poem to honor him: The Consecration Of Coffee                                 to Archbishop Oscar A. Romero                    One day of god                   [...]

Mi querida gente: The jig is up. Pundits of monstrous intellect, such as Glenn Beck, have somehow figured out our secret plan to take over the country that they rightfully possess and govern. You know the secret plan? THE PLAN? Come on. No se hagan. We can finally stop pretending that our ‘buelitas didn’t read us [...]

Blanca Alanis is the owner of Heights Books-Libros, located at 520 E. 20th St., Houston, TX 77008.  Buy books from her.  This is her poem, Voz De Mi Gente.   VOZ DE MI GENTE Por mi gente, si no yo, quien?  Por su honor y su sudor. Dime, a quien le vale eso.  A quien [...]

For Our Restoration and Our Future Generations We dream and teach our original creation The Creator planted us as indigenous mais Foreseeing in our future our autonomous pais We were watered with the oil called sangre Then man and woman were born                           and for each other they had hambre Soon they united the ome and [...]

Birds and the flowers are the height of beauty on earth But jade is the symbol of noble beauty by birth And so your skirt of jade makes me cower While in your pockets live the birds and the flowers Because all claims to beauty belongs to you And I love to know that our [...]

Dear Sam, When you needed a place to go we let you in our home.  You were down on your luck and needed a place to build from. You said that you would respect the rules of the home, and that you would learn the customs of the home, but you didn’t. You kept letting [...]