She Was a Bobolo Grandmother by Norma Elia Cantu

Laura Pegram

May 23, 2018

She Was a Bobolo Grandmother by Norma Elia Cantu

She was a Bobolo grandmother / en el Nuevo Santander / who in her grief self-immolated / like the Vietnamese monks and nuns. / But in the 1700’s, no TV camera recorded / her death at her own hands, / protesting the invasion.

Laura Pegram

May 23, 2018

And Now We Hear From the Pan by Sean DesVignes

Laura Pegram

May 23, 2018

And Now We Hear From the Pan by Sean DesVignes

i was beaten in the key of revolt & bongo / unmelodic & bright i didn’t start as a bowl / but rather cries trapped in the husk of tamboobamboo / from the hands of slaves captured by French creoles

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