To Refaat Alareer, who became a kite Brother, you looked so loving, holding very gently that box of strawberries, and behind your home, not yet, not again, but incessantly in ruins. You were not a number, you were, an educator, a cheerful poet, settler’s boogeyman, and now that you’re dead, English is also [...]
We Are What We Shine after J. Venters and M. Barajas Bright as a jewel, we are what we shine. A gang's red-blue color-coded word clash Compton's graffitied not-so "Welcome" sign. Compton Court obliterates the blue skyline, Angeles Abbey minarets, brown grass, like burnished silver, we are what we shine. We suffer potholed streets silent [...]
By Laura Martinez Everything has changed Nothing has changed He is gone Does that mean we no longer resist? It “takes time” to undo what he has done Does that mean we no longer resist? As long as elected officials state “America is not a racist country” We must resist As long as there is [...]
