ElementaryBy Chivas Sandage (for Angeli Gomez) Hearing the supersonic crackof each bullet rip through the building,she rescued her two boysafter she didn’t see a single officer insideafter she ran to her sons’ classroomsafter she sprinted to the schoolafter the police chased herafter she climbed a chain link fenceafter she started runningafter she convinced officers to uncuff her after she was …
Uvalde: Not What Our Forefathers Intended By Lita Marie Bonciolini Unfathomable,inconceivable.unimaginable. Words that completely fail to conveythe horrific actions of a twisted personagainst innocents. No ordinary citizen stands a chance againsta weapon that shoots 60 rounds per minute,A security guard, armed with a revolver,could not have prevailed.How many had already died before the police arrived?How many more while they loiteredin hallways, …
Aftermath, Uvalde By Sarah Colby The first thing she sees when she stumblesthrough the back door is the refrigerator,the one everyone in the family pitched in to buywhen they learned she was expecting her first baby.Eleven years later it’s still running, plastered with pictures—cousins, friends, Nana and Popi’s 50th anniversary, tubing the Nuecesfor spring break—and a red and pink construction …
I Don’t Want to Think About ItJames Brandenburg Gunshots in the distanceThen near, close to homeBullets explode, blowing them apartOur children are dyingOur children are dyingUnrecognizable except for their DNAAll the king’s menAll the king’s horsesCouldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again Fragile children once brokenCan’t be restoredCan’t be put back together again.The egg is shatteredHow many morehave to fall? Beauty …
May 24, 2022By Lisha Adela Garcia Police officer revives choking babyBritney Griner receiving correspondence while unlawfully detained in RussiaDr. Gupta explains what memories are made ofInmate steals little girl’s bike in escape attempt23 pounds of cocaine found hidden in wheelchairBathrooms used to be squeaky clean-What happened?Celebrating the creator of the PRIDE FlagOne thousand sahuaros replanted in Bush Fire burn scarJada …
Hollow: A Spent Shell SpeaksBu Marla Dial Moore I wasn’t meant for you, my little one.Had I the power, I’d have stopped in my tracks, flown backknowing I was once like you, pulsing with potential to build bridges, stitch wounds, grace paintings.Both of us untempered, easily shaped,our purpose unknown but unfolding.I came cheap —but you were dear. I …
BethlehemBy Jonathan Fletcher When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi,he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehemand its vicinity who were two years old and under,in accordance with the time from the Magi. The Gospel of Matthew 2:16 (NIV) I’m tired of your thoughts and prayers, the massacresof innocents. …
UVALDE: The Day AfterBy Aiham Kamakhly This morning, the sky is blackas though the clouds have voted to block the sun.I walk heavily, hiding between myself and my mind.I, a stranger who finds joy in the eyes of Texas students,lost it this morning when a childlooked at me and smiled.How many times should adults on this earthapologize for the feigned …
Like the rest of us, poets were deeply affected by the loss of young lives in the Uvalde school massacre. Here are a few of their voices. I AM NOT ASHAMED OF CRYING AT WORK WHENI HEAR ABOUT ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING By E.D. Watson i am ashamed of not crying every time it happens.by it i mean some guy with …
The poem we are publishing today is by San Antonio’s Poet Laureate Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson and it’s paired with original photo art by Michael Mehl, San Antonio’s premier photo artist and founder of Fotoseptiembre USA. It’s an eloquent duo! In an Effort to Translate Solitude By Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson When I told you, “My sheets are empty,”did you think …
