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This is very good, Arnoldo. I especially like the line "not even to be a sieve for winds". Of course it's terribly sad, but you've carried across your message deftly. Thanks for sharing.
Sylvia Evelyn
I like this very much Arnoldo..
It is good vvery good......
It remind me of a story my Palestinian nephew told me... about what was meant to be a short trip to visit his sister in the city
but turned into a four hour trip both ways....
Hours spent...
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- Hometown:
- oakland, california
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- About Me:
- I am human rights organizer and active poet and musician.
- Website:
- http://www.myspace.com/arnoldogarcia
- Favorite Poet or Author:
- pablo neruda, mayakovsky, mahmoud darwish, john trudell,
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Days of Domination
No todos los días aparezco
Hay semanas y sazones enteras
que soy invisible
nadie me ve
nadie me reconoce
mi existencia no califia
ni de colador de cientos
Soy un viento entre los vientos
pero cuando llego a la frontera
me piden documentación
para verificar que existo
y que no soy invisible ilegal
aparecido mojado
por la ciudadania imperial
*
There are days when I do not appear
There are entire weeks and seasons
that I am invisible
no one sees me
no one recognizes me
my existe… Continue
Hay semanas y sazones enteras
que soy invisible
nadie me ve
nadie me reconoce
mi existencia no califia
ni de colador de cientos
Soy un viento entre los vientos
pero cuando llego a la frontera
me piden documentación
para verificar que existo
y que no soy invisible ilegal
aparecido mojado
por la ciudadania imperial
*
There are days when I do not appear
There are entire weeks and seasons
that I am invisible
no one sees me
no one recognizes me
my existe… Continue
Posted on April 5, 2009 at 5:38pm — 2 Comments
Migrant Sayings
Arnoldo Garcia
Migrant Sayings
1.
I was born in Africa,
Wandered, awoke in Aztlán
Fled Mesoamerica over several suns
The U.S. buried me
Worked me to death
till I was no longer Mexican
no longer speaking
in my quilts of warmth, tenderness, the shelter of my dreams.
My back hunched over
biometrically perfect
for stoop labor
planting seeds
sewing dresses
cleaning offices
washing dishes
nailing walls together into house, into homes
harvesting grapes, maize, or beans
California… Continue
Migrant Sayings
1.
I was born in Africa,
Wandered, awoke in Aztlán
Fled Mesoamerica over several suns
The U.S. buried me
Worked me to death
till I was no longer Mexican
no longer speaking
in my quilts of warmth, tenderness, the shelter of my dreams.
My back hunched over
biometrically perfect
for stoop labor
planting seeds
sewing dresses
cleaning offices
washing dishes
nailing walls together into house, into homes
harvesting grapes, maize, or beans
California… Continue
Posted on March 15, 2009 at 3:23pm —
Farewell Mahmoud Darwish by Sinan Antoon
Al Ahram
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/910/fr1.htm
Farewell Mahmoud Darwish
Sinan Antoon recalls the voice of a nation
Very few poets become the voice of their nation and even fewer succeed in transcending that to become much more. Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was that rare bird who crossed many skies and horizons. His death last week, following complications from open-heart surgery in Houston, Texas, ended an epic life and interrupted a stunningly creative and prolific output, especially in… Continue
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/910/fr1.htm
Farewell Mahmoud Darwish
Sinan Antoon recalls the voice of a nation
Very few poets become the voice of their nation and even fewer succeed in transcending that to become much more. Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was that rare bird who crossed many skies and horizons. His death last week, following complications from open-heart surgery in Houston, Texas, ended an epic life and interrupted a stunningly creative and prolific output, especially in… Continue
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 12:36am —
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 7:50pm on April 5, 2009,
Al-Khansa said…
- arnolodo... thank you i will read your other poetry......with pleasure...:-)
one day inshallah the indians and the palestinians shall get justive for the crimes that have beeen commited agaisnt them
But arnolodo I believe that people who are put through such trying situations get given gifts that other societies have lost,,,
courage,wisdom,strength of character,ithe ability to care for others even though the suffer so much....ntrinsic things that are more valuable than money or pocessions...:-)
The wporld could learn many vvaluable lessons from palestinians and Indians....
- At 6:30pm on January 26, 2009,
Ambika said… - Thanks -- Taoli
- At 2:56pm on August 27, 2008,
KAPARDELI EFTICHIA said…
- ........ active poet and musician.wonderful.......dear ARNOLDO KISSES FROM GREECE....
- At 9:07am on August 27, 2008,
Vesna Denčić said… - Thanks Arnoldo!
- At 6:05pm on August 26, 2008,
Minerva said… - Thanks for the request. His songs should always be remembered! ;)
I'm trying to learn Manifesto... Can't find the chords though.
Best Wishes!
Claudia
- At 12:39pm on August 25, 2008,
Dixie said… - Hi Arnoldo, we are in the midst of the Democratic Nat'l Convention here in the Denver area. Happy to have you as a friend. PEACE!
- At 12:54am on May 8, 2008,
Edward S. Gault said… - Welcome to the Poets for Human Rights. I visited your Myspace Page and saw your poem about living between wars. It was great! You ask at the end "what wars have you lived between?" My own answer would be that I lived the day to day battle to make a living and Bush's War on the Poor.
- At 10:55am on May 7, 2008,
Lawrence Jaffe said… - welcome to p4hr arnoldo! we look forward to your words.
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