Seen that? - In The Dark - Sad Poetry

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In The Dark - Sad Poetry at Latina Viva

You once told me Things would be easy... You Lied. I'm strong, you see But the world is wrong: Nobody cares. And I'm lonely Among millions of faces Lonely like me. There's so much hate In the eyes of others, In our eyes. White, black, brown, yellow. Colors, races, heritages; Prejudice, separation, fear. We all drifted apart. And we don't know why, We don't ask anymore. In the dark I wait, silently, For the day when the change Will come with the dawn; In the dark I dream, quietly, About [...] Read More


El Oso at Latina Viva

I haven't told you about Oso's Blog. He doesn't post too often - I guess his job at Global Voices keeps him very busy - but when he does, it's really worth the wait. He wrote the best piece I've ever seen about smoking - (Not) Been Smoking (in) Too Long - a short post that will last in my memory forever. The best part: "The cigarette is not an object; [...] Read More


Black Little Angels - Amazing Piece Against Racism and Discrimination at Latina Viva

I want to dedicate this post to Wendi, the author of a blog that asks an interesting question: Does Race Matter? (I think it does, and I think it doesn't, but that's to be discussed in another opportunity). The matter today is that I recently got in touch with Wendi and her personal blog, and I think she's awesome. So, when I decided to write this post today, I felt [...] Read More


Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry at The Digital TV Weblog

View poetry in an entirely new and innovative way. Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "Forgetfulness" with animation by Julian Grey of Headgear. [...] Read More


Spam poetry - true lovers only at I got Spam?!

There are a lot of things you can do with the spam that inevitably comes to your inbox, in loads or sporadically. Best actions taken would be to filter it, re-filter, report it, train your filter to recognize it next time and at last delete it. Some of us get anger attacks when we see spam littering our inboxes, while others, believe it or not, seem to love it. In addition [...] Read More