poetry
Poetry on the Border
Benjamin Saenz is a Latino poet living in the Borderland. He lives in El Paso and has been doing a series of poems called Odes to Juarez. Saenz’s choice to stay on the border, creating on behalf of the oppressed and disenfranchised, is admirable. His poems are candid, like a mirror over the Borderland reflecting [...]
February 1st, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
Morning Sky – Poem for Juarez
Clouds of fire descend on my city,
dismantle the tension of the darkness,
silence the night-howling.
Posted in Life in Juarez, poetryTags: Border, Ciudad Juarez, hope, Juarez, poverty, The Desert, Violence in Juarez, War on Drugs
November 4th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
in-between
Dead leaves, crushed without a thought
of the life that had once blazed within the veins of the
delicate skeletons, only move now with the
wind and the boots and the shoes; marionette puppets,
lifeless and broken.
Posted in Featured, poetryTags: Border, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, poverty, Violence in Juarez, War on Drugs
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July 8th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey