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Posted on December 2, 2019June 4, 2020

Playing The System That Plays You

Poem transcribed as performed. They say I’m a slave to the system That my press releases and commission meetings are chains around my ankles Slowly become tighter every time I…

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Posted on December 2, 2019May 31, 2020

Sisters of Trauma

Poem transcribed as performed. We are sisters of trauma. We whisper into the darkest corners of the night. The secrets we scratched into walls as we gritted our teeth and…

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Posted on December 2, 2019May 31, 2020

Miracles: A Conversation

Poem transcribed as performed. She says, “Maybe God isn’t for everyone.” And I say, “Funny, he died for everyone. He died so that our faults were not a one-way ticket…

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Posted on November 27, 2019March 27, 2021

Abuelita

Poem transcribed as performed. When I was younger my favorite movie was beauty and the beast. As a kid I had an unhealthy obsession with Disney movies, french bread, and…

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Posted on January 24, 2019May 31, 2020

“What A Shame”

I had just left golf class, yes I said golf class, I failed my freshman year physical education class because my teacher believe that the crutches that carried my crumbling…

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Posted on November 7, 2018July 27, 2020

Video of Sacramento Women’s Caucus poetry performance, “The Way I Was Made.”

 

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Posted on August 1, 2018November 7, 2018

Local student to recite poem at Women’s Equality Day Celebration in Sacramento

http://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20180801/local-student-to-recite-poem-at-womens-equality-day-celebration-in-sacramento Today, I was in an article for the Monterey Herald. I was interviewed more than a week ago by Juan Reyes and today the article was put up online…

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Posted on July 30, 2018May 31, 2020

Why Are You So Angry?

Poem Transcribed As Performed. Why are you so angry? One of my friends asked me the other day, I had just spoken about one of the most recent crimes in…

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