Po' Poets Project/Poetas POBRES Proyecto
Jovenes, Adultos, Ancianos, luchando para sobrevivir y prosperar apesar de la opression racista y economica, usando nuestras voces, nuestra poesia, nuestros cuentos, nuestra arte para crear cambio localmente y atravez del mundo.
Youth, Adults, Elders struggling to stay alive and thrive through race and class oppression using our voices, our poetry, our stories, our art, to create change for poor folks locally and globally.
Tha' Poor Peoples Plate-Race, Poverty, GMO's & Our Food
(pictured from left: POOR Magazine family marching in Sacramento against Monsanto Queenandi Xsheba, Dee Allen and Tony Robles)
Happy PeoplesMas
Not sure what to feel
So lost in this maze of kolonizer-created traditions
Consumer lies, pain & exploitation
Of the real
For so many years I can hardly stand it
A poem call "A Suicide Bomber"
A Suicide Bomber takes over the streets in the Middle East none knew his identity all they know is he left a note saying this..
Am just a young man who life was taking away,
standing in the middle of crater trying to understand the sadness and hate that brings tears of pain,...just yesterday i praying to my god..given thanks for letting me and my family survive...and now am standing in the middle of crater picking up rocks full of blood knowing nothing can go back...praying to my god to give me the strength to go and fight back..
Beat back the Korporate politrickSTARS- and walk yerself in to the nearest polling place- HARD
Pol-i-Tricks-
Do u get it?
Ain’t for Po’ folks like me…
There I said It!...
For folks behind false borders families living in unsafe quarters –
mamaz and babies living in shelters
Those Are Your Hang-Ups ( Mother's Day 2012)
Those Are Your Hang-Ups
Verse 1
Breaking your assumptions
By just living
Black disabled man out in public chilling
This Poem is in honor of Mamaz/Este Poema es en honor a las madres
This poem is in honor of mothers
