We encourage you to submit your creative work below. We will publish it in our social media either anonymously or with your first name.
Te animamos a mandar tu trabajo creativo. Nosotros lo publicaremos en nuestras redes sociales de manera anónima o con tu primer nombre.
Tu Historia
"Vengo de" es un poema que habla sobre quienes somos y de dónde venimos. ¿Más allá de la geografía, qué sonidos, sabores, recuerdos, experiencias nos hacen quienes somos? Usando este ejemplo puedes escribir tu poema de origen.
Nuestras Historias Our Stories
Descubramos y apropiémonos del poder de nuestras voces. Tomemos el control de la narrativa y de nuestras vidas.
Let's find our voice, take charge of the narrative and our lives.
- Gabi
Your Story
"I come from" is a poem that speaks about who we are and were we come from. Beyond geography, which sounds, tastes, memories and experiences make us who we are?. Using this example you can write your own origin poem.
Where I’m From - by George Ella Lyon
"I am from clothespins,from Clorox and carbon tetrachloride.I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glisteningit tasted like beets.)
I am from the forsythia bush,the Dutch elmwhose long gone limbs I rememberas if they were my own.
I’m from fudge and eyeglasses,from Imogene and Alafair.
I’m from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons,from perk up and pipe down.
I’m from He restoreth my soul with a cottonball lamb and ten verses I can say myself.
I’m from Artemus and Billie’s Branch,fried corn and strong coffee.
From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger the eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress boxspilling old pictures,a sift of lost facesto drift beneath my dreams.
I am from those moments– snapped before I budded– leaf-fall from the family tree."