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From “Self-Elegies”by Martha Silano 💔

Martha Silano, 2021 versedaily.org/2021/soulrecko… "It turns out gravity// doesn’t hold for souls; souls drift, like loons/ between dives, into eternity,//...//My travel speed is two inches per year,/ same as the moon from Earth. A little less bound by gravity./A little more free."

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Get your packets ready! Submissions for Shō Poetry Journal’s winter issue open June 1.

Allies, Please see this fundraiser for 14 families of the detained workers from Ambiance Apparel, a garment warehouse and store. They're raising funds for their bonds and for the families left without their primary breadwinners. gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid-f…

Jess Craven is in downtown LA at 2:20 PM on June 9. She just heard that the felon is sending in the Marines. They are literally listening to mariachi music and dancing. There is no crisis No violence. Kids. Dogs. Families. People in red states you are being lied to. #DemsUnited

I've been in downtown LA at ICE protests all day. Story to come, but here's a taste: a full Tejano band (made up of day laborers) in a big ass truck turning Olvera St into a dance party. Lead singer has a "Fuck ICE" shirt

BREAKING: SEIU California President David Huerta has just been released from ICE custody after days of detention. Here he is embracing his wife after his release (Video: Brittny Mejia)

$134 million that should be going to LA’s fire recovery. Shameful.

We are aware of multiple federal operations impacting farm workers across California today. To all working people in California, remember: we are in this together. 1/

Our full statement below: ufw.org/ufw-statement-… 2/. #WeFeedYou

Re-sharing this poem now that I have better lighting. “An Ode to Los Jornaleros (Daylaborers)” published in The Progressive featured in my book The Parachutist SundressPublications

Love & Mercy. Brian Wilson. 💕🥹 You will be missed. youtu.be/PISkFEzC5XE?si…

All 12 members of the Fulbright Scholarship Board resigned on Wednesday in protest of Trump's intervention in the selection process: "This proud legacy has depended on one thing above all: the integrity of the program’s selection process based on merit, not ideology, and its

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up. I will not stop

HOLY SMOKES! Look at this aerial shot of Los Angeles. MSNBC reports dozens of protests expected just within LA. #NoKings

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Issue 14 is LIVE! Thank you to all our wonderful contributors and our fabulous team of editors: poetry editor Ren Powell, prose editor Shanti Bruce, and readers Hiya Chowdhury, Jessica Lyn Harper, Ángel Jiménez, and Sheree La Puma. orangeblossomreview.org/journal-issues…