The Valley International Poetry Festival Continues for Saturday
Events scheduled for today include:
Registration
9 - 6 pm
Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center
Potluck Brunch
9 - 10:30 am
Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center (Private - Registered Poets Only)
Workshop: Tribute to the late raúlsalinas
10:30 - 11 am
Narciso Martínez Cultural Arts Center; Presenters: Joe and Rosa Pérez, Rumbo al’ Anacua
Readings: Narciso Martínez Cultural [...]

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A Poem by Patricia A.
I watch my dad as he looks past the floor,
pensive,
sitting on the edge of his bed,
the edge of his life,
about to run out of ground on which to walk.
His knees are apart
at shoulders width.
His hands clasp loosely to each other,
not as if praying or holding on to life,
but just to keep [...]

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A Set of Poems by Thomas Thornburg
Poor Eddie Poe
collapsed in the snow
and exhaled no more
in old Baltimore.
Poor Mary Mallon
wept o’er many a gallon
of soapsuds, avoiding
the cops, and typhoiding.
W. B. Yeats
believed in the fates,
but on Sunday
in Spiritus Mundi.
Fenimore Cooper
did not make a trooper,
but wrote some novels
about hovels.
Geoffrey Chaucer
wore a hat like a saucer
and [...]

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A poem by Stan Raines
I see him, Lord of the Porch,
And all that he surveyed,
Weaving a web of words
From the old world,
The old, old world,
Raising again the cry
Of man against injustice
Of man against man,
And smack and smack and smack
The shaggy heads of school boys,
Errant bullies, and school men alike
With the All that had not changed
Not [...]

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A Poem by Stan Raines
For Don Rumsfeld
One hundred thousands souls or so
Fit the measure quite nicely.
Every mother’s child can count that high
Don’t need a reason why
Every body’s count still adds up
How many grains will fill the cup?
How do you measure the oil
You’ve brought to a boil?

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A Poem by Stan Raines
Love, Love,
The weak sister
Must wait upon
Those who would love Love
But who wait upon
The things of love-
Who draw pictures of starry nights madly swirling,
Or build fortunes on the wasting of factory towns,
Or plot the downing of an unlucky race,
Or dance till morning in maddening circles.
So Love takes a day job,
To speed the [...]

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Celebrating National Poetry Month
And it’s still on here at NunnaYerBizness Today. So, if you have poems ready to read and would like to TEST MARKET them here, send ‘em in. Meanwhile, here’s what’s scheduled for the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival today.
Friday, Apr. 25
Poets In The Schools
8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Valleywide at Pre-Registered [...]

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