Tag: Puerto Rican poetry
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A Mother’s Request
A Mother’s Request emerged from a desire to honor the physical and emotional pull of homeland in the face of death. I wrote it as a response to the quiet grief of diaspora—the longing to return, not metaphorically, but bodily, to the soil that shaped us.
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Wepa en el Estadio — Wepa in the Stadium (Poema en tres formas boricuas)
This poem began as a celebration of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance—a moment where Puerto Rican identity, spectacle, and street energy collided on the world’s biggest stage. I wanted to honor the poetic forms of my heritage—copia, décima, bomba—while letting the rhythms of Spanglish, reggaetón, and crowd chant shape the pulse. The poem is…
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Under the Sacred Fig
“Under the Sacred Fig” began as a meditation on lineage, migration, and the quiet rituals that shape identity. Inspired by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s Under the Bodhi Tree, I sought to transplant the emotional architecture of ancestral shade into Puerto Rican soil. The fig tree became a hinge—between generations, languages, and departures. This poem honors…