Q. Ramirez

poem by Q. Ramirez

7 B & B Haikus I black and brown children jamming down on beat music break dancing away II wheeling down the street what she perceives as ghetto to him is Eden III brown cuz walking b... Read more

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Li (vida)fe i n m(i)y barrio i s fast (quickerthanfastest) Growingold Ageing 40 at 30 30 at 20 16 (kid) and wedded - Look pa(brownblack)pa little Jon D. is one year old! - Cuelga firme ese! A boy being papa ProntoPronto ... Read more

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Those suburbanites and their tranquil lives They are the ones who will never lance out at the infinite space of insanities Insecurely too attached to their material securities: two cars or more two or more television plasma ... Read more

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Yesteryear 19seventysomething istarteddesegragation so(Souls)BudahMalcolmTy ronBillieDandRoscoe in camorra decided to revenge their pa(kinfolk)st threatening to beat m(i)e up So i ask Wh y? - Cos we was yo slaves wh(brownerth... Read more

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This unnegatable reality like a tree or rock Wasted on nights that stay dark with blind vitrified eyes They know the customs - these lives of humans that intertwine in dialectical allusions of life Nefariously speaking of this... Read more

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Of a sudden there is a frantic knock at my door. That very rare thump I have heard before. Focusing slowly my ocular vision away from the tube, my imagination thaws, feeling less like a boob. Steady taking my time walk I toward t... Read more

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On this cold nocturnal hour Earth transcends beyond the dust of man - and Project Homes like these Crickets chirp their monotonous chirrup sung in cold darkness Dogs whimper and howl as ambulance sirens are heard in the distance ... Read more

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If asperges from His sanctified crib Were to sprinkle rain upon these barrios City-dead facies would hiss in vapors of hell Plights of these residential B & B hoods Of brother against brother Human against human Inflict... Read more

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Born brown by birth on ly to die dead on earth (wakeing to a bla ck blackness) shame fully(i)ne verfou ndmy ze nith ju stdeath. Read more

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It is not easy, I think To let go of life Ready or not to say good-bye to the soul No more thought or pain or breath An end to a heart beat But to a posthumous poet it never is - No more opportunity to reveal a poem Knowing nev... Read more

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(prelude to I Am No Prophet) This evening like all times my pride is being a Pocho Like Abraham I was born on the other side of the river His river was the Euphrates mine is the Rio Grande Our commonality is God fearing but it e... Read more

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Weeks seem like eternal days filled with ephemeral hours When you’re jobless Flesh turns cold and gray with all the books that one devours When you’re jobl... Read more

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Oh the traffic bustle Oh the hustle oh the hustle Oh the traffic woes Those who travel would know So many many cars The stop and go The hurry up and get in behind The lane in front of you The stop or whoo the screech of brakes... Read more

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The fact that I am Hispanic is my ultimate reality, Karenga My people of different shade variations Revile your egocentric racism Like Bloods and Crips too blind to see That we crib next door to you Instead we strife apart Spli... Read more

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“… words as voluminous as a circus tent that comes with a zipper…” – “Space to Dream” – a poem by Cameron Hartley Closing the eyes to day dream Circus visions of youth at Ringling ... Read more

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Under the patched sails Under the black flag under the crossbones Dar she waves defiant of the navy law With the wind at her mast Cutting the waves at her keel A slave ship no more but free to plunder with 40 guns top her hull -... Read more

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Let me kiss your mind Place my lips upon the darkest regions of your thoughts Mayhap my warmth will appease the subconscious With my moisture cure the inner scars of life that hurt you Fading away the fears created by nightmares ... Read more

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In Constellation pours out the spilled Milkyway of Little Dipper planets overflow the spout Lined in pattern queue Big Dipper catches the milk of the small dipper creation of drops of mass Watch t... Read more

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Romantics call it Love Cynics call it Lust To me is but commotions Of opened flood-gates to the heart Stirring myriads of emotions At first glance jubilant inceptions from the start As now compelled to deem myself as your ad... Read more

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He Thinks It’s Cool Meet coyote Joe he thinks it’s cool to beat a rap he thinks it’s cool to aggravate assaults he thinks it’s cool to intentionally irate poli (pigs cops juraschotas) ce officers... Read more

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Fall In Love For Life (Ode to L. Hughes and Billie Holliday) “ I fell in love with them there eyes…” -bop-bop-du-bee-bop-du-be-bop-bop Here I is sitten at Downbeats Waitin fo my fishfry ‘n jamb... Read more

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Not Seeing The Beauty Surrounded on all sides outnumbered Outside on school grounds beneath an annex hall Between two buildings nine black boys and he in the middle “ Black is best ! “ -says one “ You sorry m... Read more

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Kiki’s Gurl Kiki’s got a doe Doe gurlfriend With a doe b(utt Ercup)ody shaped like silly puddy To see her shakeshakeshake is a wish from anybody To be Kiki for a day n’ twirl About with such a gurl ... Read more

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Moonlite Walk A full moon over the Broadmoor apartments Tiny stars sprinkled throughout the darkness While on the street corner A dead house wench flashing her juicy body Flagging down any man looking desperate Obsequious to t... Read more

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Parent-Fights Ca(canyou)n you see how base wife-be[B&B neigh(CRIB )borhood barrio ]ating is? I see children cry ing... Read more

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Sometimes I search for myself within my room like a lost object I discover only parts of me that I had discarded Not picking them up because they may be pieces of myself that are no longer wanted You know, those irretrievables Th... Read more

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Dark Corner Conversation Haiku Tran sparent ly (brownblack) i stand (cas ting lucid sha (sardonic)dows) eyeing my pro(slum, ghetto, barrio) ject (government) home from the dark (darker than darkest) st reet cor ners. ... Read more

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Sleepless this nightly insomnia that defeats dreams it opens wide the eyelids to stare at walls ... Read more

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All That (INCONTINENT BEHAVIOR) - “There goes fine Laquisha with her bad self” - “Yeah, she’s som... Read more

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(I am told) To reach the edge of Death is to loose memory to contact amnesia at any age to forget colors hues shapes and forms to become stoic to emotion to sleep with the dream of never waking to realize that eve... Read more

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Different Like Them A melancholy autumn left him delirious. Now indecisive he remains stagnant with advice, They tell him how he must be. They tell him how he must act. They tell h... Read more

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Sleepless Woman Oh sleepless woman! City dead house that returns to her tomb at the third crow of the rooster. She has lost her body for money once again last night. Was a victi... Read more

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When? Here comes that big black dude again You know the one that is always beating up on me Says because I’m white and I Was a black slave owner (WAS) Approaching me with hatred in his eyes ... Read more

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With Care – Your music is hidden within my animism Unfairly and difficultly it is for my spirituality To see you so closely And for a moment I know you are for me ... Read more

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Man’s greatest hour was sacrificial and hallowed At that precise moment – The sky melted as angel’s in heaven cried Tears came down As thunder, lightning and torrential rain ... Read more

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Her soul is overfilled bursting like a red pomegranate seed With a suicidal thought and how to bleed Recalling Her nested in her soul Heart’s pounding love for her to dole Whose life from men her... Read more

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To frolic with the wind to call her mistress A divinity must be involved so as to become one together If there is love The summer breeze and winter chills If hate the tempest The hurricanes, tornadoes Read more