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Crucified River is a collection of poems written over a 6-year period. the murder of over 500 women in Cd. Juárez and the deaths of thousands of men, women, and children who have died crossing the US-Mexico border affect us all. For me, writing has been a form of protest and healing.

Gracias a la Sra. Raquel Duran (En paz descanse) y a la Dra. Irasema Coronado por su contribución a Rio Crucificado.

Thank you, Maria Miranda Maloney of Mouthfeel Press for creating opportunities for new and established poets! www.mouthfeelpress.com

WATCH MY VIDEO BLANCAS MARIPOSAS BELOW TO READ ONE OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE POEMS IN CRUCIFIED RIVER

Ode to Segundo Barrio

 

Ancestral land

the corner store,

campesinos sleeping on hard floors,

empty presidios filled with memories…

families that moved on—or were pushed out

 

Beyond repair

political divisions tumble,

destroy, obliterate the evidence…

repression gains recognition,

accumulates wealth

 

Bloody hands toil the land

increase profit margins…

bloody perfumed hands

mismanage, undermine,

recreate lies to wash young minds,

murder the victims, bury the truth

in gashes of poisoned territory

 

Colonization replayed,

torrents of acid rain, sunlight petrified,

steel walls electrified,

death gone wild,

human carcasses on display,

patriotic stances salute the failed state

 

©Nancy Lorenza Green

May 10, 2010