tHiS PaGe iS NeW aNd dOeSnT HaVe MaNy pOeMs GeT... bUt iMmA tRy ... It's been so long since you walked out of my life; And I still think about things that used to be; -Our long walks and talks together;

Poems and Stories ... First, let me say this: the same is true of life. The current is the gangs, the drugs and the crime, and these things will pull you in farther and farther.

In a nutshell, what were the kinds of things you were brave enough to share with the public about your own, personal life? ... I think Michael Meade is good at doing that, using stories and poems.

Xicano Poetry, Politics and Revolution. ... flor y canto in xochitl in cuicalt flower and song ... poetry for the people

life in the barrio ... Poems: Arturro Burro, Good Hot Dogs, Mexicans in France ... Poems: El Olvidio, Exile, Quinceanera, So Much for Manana, Suenos, Mamacita. Selected stories from The Latin Deli

Comments:; Chicana Pride and Barrio Life are both off the hook. I love reading the love poems. I can just sit here night and day reading them.

Which poems in the book did you enjoy the most? ... Synopsis: Eleven-year-old Arturo Rodriguez struggles to adjust to life in the East Los Angeles barrio where he recently moved from Mexico.

i thought it was love it was just bad luck and i came to the conclusion my love life really sucks i'm not sure of my problem it's gotta be me maybe i'm too afraid to face reality ;

As he explained in his Scholastic Booklist biography, "Even though I write a lot about life in the barrio, ... Most of the poems paint a bleak picture of Mexican American life in central California,

Then I think of all the hours that must be expended to support such a brief life. The first year you spend on sleeping and suckling, ... Barrio folks carried the corpses to Tagum town.