The poem we are bringing to you today is by Juan Perez, the current poet laureate of Corpus Christi. We paired it with “Tequila Mockingbird” by artist Chuck Wimmer (graphic art on canvas). pinche covid By Juan Perez .i.one day you are bornyou live and drink tequilanext day you are gone .ii.may your drink be strongmay your saltshakers be freshmay …
We are grateful to Emmy Perez, the 2020 Texas Poet Laureate, for sending this perceptive, multi-stranded poem for ARTS ALIVE SAN ANTONIO’s Poetry Series. You’ll be reading it multiple times! Its companion today is After School , a painting by German-Canadian artist Hanne Lore Koehler who lives surrounded by nature. “Love of life permeates all my work,” states the artist. …
We are delighted to bring to you this new poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, easily the best known San Antonio poet, who is also considered one of the leading poets in America today. And the image that’s appearing here with her eloquent poem is by her husband, the prominent photographer, Michael Nye. It’s part of his City Spaces series and …
Today’s poem is by Alan Berecka, a poet and librarian at the Del Mar College in Corpus Christi. And its companion piece is the Angel of Death, a 1890 painting by English painter Evelyn De Morgan. The painting is now housed at the De Morgan Centre in Guildford, Surrey, England. Irony in the Time of COVID By Alan Berecka Irony …
Natalia Trevino’s powerful poem is from a series “responding to the Seven Sorrows of Mary,” Mary being the mother of Jesus. “This sorrow poem is about her ache over the loss of her child, but also a response to the repeated loss of children due to the global pandemic and the loss of children due racism,” wrote Trevino in a …
Jonathan Fletcher’s poem “No Longer Boys” echoes the anxiety and loss of confidence all adults experience at this time. We bring it to you today with a photo of young Jonathan and his carefree buddies playing in the schoolyard years ago. No Longer Boys By Jonathan Fletcher When our former classmate took his life,which the paper reported as an accident,we …
“First Dark” was written by Ken Hada while the Oklahoma poet was sheltering-in-place and seeing few people. Hada is the author of eight poetry collections and a professor at East Central University in Ada, OK. The image of a man standing in the twilight is the work of Brazilian artist Breno Andrade. First DarkBy Ken Hada In the southeast skyit …
Folk and Country singer/songwriter John Prine died from complications of COVID-19 in April. San Antonio poet Fernando Flores wrote the poem we are publishing today as a tribute to Prine who had been a great influence on him in his youth. Fernando also created the digital photo collage featuring him and Prine in their younger years. Dear John (Prine)By Fernando …
How do you define HOPE?Sheila Black’s poem and the painting by artist Jay Dalvi offer their inspiring interpretations. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope.” HopeBy Sheila Black It is treacherous like picking your way acrossa field with bits of glass or wirehidden under high grass. Today the clerkbehind the Plexiglass …
Jim Lavilla-Havelin’s short and to-the-point poem is a wise little fable. Its companion here is Lucia LaVilla-Havelin’s delightful piece “Look Skyward” (hand-embroidered cotton floss on linen, vintage postcard). The rabbits don’t see it but danger is chasing them…. Run Rabbit: A Cautionary and Prepositional Tale for School Administrators By Jim LaVilla-Havelin Fox, blood-mouthed, slinks out from under after feasting …
