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 encompassesThe
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Trains
By Tom Rodriguez When I was a young boy, at night after all the lights in the house were turned off, my brothers and I
Ode to My Brothers
By Tom Rodriguez Part IThe Growing Years The Rodriguez BrothersBranches of a big treeDescendants of Aztec warriorsAnd Spanish
Of Storytellers and Books
By Tom Rodriguez Ancient memoriesPassed down asOral histories fromGeneration to generationChanging as they passMorphing into mythsAnd stories Stories are powerfulAnd must be preservedWords chosen carefullyAnd
Immigrant Voices
By Tom Rodriguez ITumultuous timesThe poor of the worldAre on the moveA revolutionary forceUnsettling bordersTroubling governmentsAngering citizensNo way to stop themDesperation is strongerThan border patrols
The Last Party
By Tom Rodriguez 1977: the holidays had come againAnd with them came my parents’Annual Pre-Christmas partyIt was early eveningWhen I walked into my mother’s homeAnd
Tom Rodriguez... Remembrances and Reflections of My Life 