By Tom Rodriguez Hispanic people are a largeAnd fast growing segmentOf the beautiful multi-cultural Mosaic we call America We are the people of the SunWhose history
Category: Poetry
An Ode to My Brothers
By Tom Rodriguez
Of Storytellers and Great Books
By Tom Rodriguez Ancient memoriesPassed down asOral histories fromGeneration to GenerationChanging as they passMorphing into mythsAnd stories Stories are powerfulAnd need to be toldWords chosen
Immigrant Voices
By Tom Rodriguez I Tumultuous timesThe poor of the worldAre on the moveA revolutionary forceUnsettling bordersTroubling governmentsAngering citizensNo way to stop themDesperation is strongerThan Border
The Last Party
By Tom Rodriguez 1977: the holidays had come againAnd with them came my parents’Pre-Christmas PartyIt was early eveningWhen I walked into Mom’s homeAnd smiled as
In My Mother’s Kitchen
By Tom Rodriguez Growing up my Mother’s kitchenAlways smelled of baking piesThat wafted throughOur small five room house Waking up each morningWas always so much
