Po' Poets Project/Poetas POBRES Proyecto

Po' Poets Project

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.

The story of a girl who thought she had nobody- First Nations Mama Poetry Series on Depression

Dark, alone, empty

Depressed, bitter, angry

Darkness consumes my hurting heart

I feel like I'm left all alone while my life is falling apart

Fourth of July in City Terrace

At Herbert Circle the view reaches from Eastside to San Pedro, from the Chicano Alps to shores of the North Pacific.

People hurry here from carne asada and weenie grills to huddle in the middle of the street.

To seize from the holiday a way of seeing themselves in their own light.

In anticipation for darkness to come rushing, for the show to begin,

I was early to stand among the crowd.

Following the first explosion from an artillery shell others take flight.

In an instant, night is set on fire.

Krip-Hop Nation Tenth Anniversary CD Leroy F. Moore Jr.

Kayla Cooking Their Final Meal For the Community (Poem for Kayla Moore)

You smell that

But it’s not ready

Stolen Land / Hoarded Resources Redistribution, Decolonization & Community Reparations Tour Comes To LA with Black, Brown, Broke & Disabled Hip-Hop/Spoken Word Show

Everything’s Political

Poverty is politics

Racism is politics

Sexism is politics

Classism is politics

Capitalism, politics

Fuck those politics

Portrayals

PORTRAYALS
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"Jail-bird"

"Gang-banger"

"Meth-head"

"Predator"

"Wanna-be mob

Buster"

"Knife-swinging

Nutter"

"Deserved to get surrounded

By heat-holding cops"

"Deserved to get grounded

With 21 shots"

But

These are portrayals

They want you to know

These are portrayals

They want to show

Based on derogatory

Stereotypes

I’m the Same as you, I just Don’t have a roof

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