Tagged: immigration
we are all looking
we are all looking
for a bit of land upon
which we can be free
.
20220704:2100
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fielding questions of
fielding questions of
home – a perpetual
crossing of borders
.
20220331:1237
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somehow, we are all
somehow, we are all
americans until we
are not – immigrant
solidarity has always
been this fragile, unrooted
.
20211016:1045
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wearing a ring for
wearing a ring for
a sense of belonging is
as real as sporting
the latest lingo, accent-
less, and still waiting to be stopped
.
20210818:0838
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we gather in the
we gather in the
name of barbecue, seasoned
by our immigrant
preferences – every piece, cooked
low and slow, shares a story
.
20210117:1827
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perhaps nothing good
perhaps nothing good
ever comes from an over-
seas phone call – the same
immigrant stories – reasons
to come home, reasons to stay
.
20201209:2351
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humans migrating –
humans migrating –
across the indiscernible
curve, where sky meets earth
.
20200724:0849
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as long as we hold
as long as we hold
people who are not like us
at bay, we will be
less – less storyful, less agile,
less colorful, less human
.
20200505:1415
y
in the debate
in the debate
about walls, PhDs, and
getting in line,
we become
husks of ourselves,
pitted against
one another,
flammable
.
20190919:0552
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: husks
we are here because
we are here because
you were there and suddenly,
there is clarity
in this great debate about
people moving from there to here
.
20190807:2255
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: clarity