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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS Matches Found: 75 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTER DINNER AND AFTER OUR FEW TRAVELING CHICKENS, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That my spit turned to ice when it hit the ground Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families BREASTING THE ROGUE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: We reach a town of barefoot kids. No one Last Line: Life rushes swiftly in one-bar towns Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty CALLING THE DOVES, SELS, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At noon time, %on a lunch break from driving the tractor Last Line: And perch itself on a nearby tree Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Fathers; Mexican American Families CATALINA EDDIES, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Dusk to dawn, sleek skunks enjoy Last Line: The annual burning pulse Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty CLOG OF HER BODY, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Breathe in, blow out, legs in stirrups, bottom up Last Line: Before you spur him in his sides Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty COTTON ROWS, COTTON BLANKETS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Sprawled on the back of a flatbed truck Last Line: Brought to foal in the outlines of summer Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty CREEK THAT BEARS THE SALMON, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Once upon a time Last Line: It keeps perfect time Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty EL CONAL: MY GRANDFATHER'S GRIDDLE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: He'd stand outside %watch his garden for hours Last Line: It was good. There was nothing more to say Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty EL MOVIMIENTO, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Hey, ese, you heard about that righteous Last Line: About el movimiento, something about cockroaches Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty EL PORVENIR, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: He paints on the front of his store Last Line: Of women straight from the fields Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty EMILIANO ZAPATA EYES, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Laura's so goofy over him Last Line: In a hive of drones Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty FARMWORKERS' DAUGHTER, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Khaki, everywhere khaki. %not us, boy Last Line: We'll be so outta sight Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty FIESTA IN THE MOUNTAINS WAS A RARE TREAT, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: With smiles and music Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families FINDING A WAY, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Where did I leave the recording Last Line: For walking the wrong %side of town Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty GIRLFRIENDS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Rosie/ I %got pregnant Last Line: Rosie/I thought %I/she %was lucky Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty GLEANINGS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Twilight carves a dimple in the valley Last Line: Landscapes that yield their portion of heart Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty GREEN CORN SEASON, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: You promised you would never keep secrets from me Last Line: To begin in the green corn season Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty HE WHO IS LIKE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: He toasts me with cinzano on the rocks Last Line: Of brown. I have never felt a kinder glance Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty HEARINGS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: We weren't unaware, stuck here Last Line: To bring the sons home safe Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty HEARTLANDS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: My son hitched a trailer to his rambler Last Line: A passion for wild turkey in the brush Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty HUELGA, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Fresno slumps late summer Last Line: As we chant %huelga! Huelga! Huelga! Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty I LOVED THE NIGHT, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: I would cup my hands to my mouth %and join them Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families I WAS BORN IN THE TINY TOWN OF FOWLER, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: There can be kindness Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families IF I TRUST MYSELF, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: This time I swore I wouldn't be Last Line: A sweet fragrant planting impossible to remove Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty IN THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AROUND LAKE WOLFER, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And flapped their peppery feathers and ran after me Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: It is thick summer in new york Last Line: Nothing to anchor him to the newly wet lawn Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty IT'S TIME TO SETTLE DOWN. IT'S TIME JUANITO GOES TO SCHOOL, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The way my father called the doves Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families LA CURANDERA, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: She shuffles to the door on faded scuffs Last Line: I can never go to heaven if the old man dies Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty LA LLORONA, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Cuca bellies down, her scarred arms from last year's fire Last Line: Bubble of head inches below water Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty LA MADRUGADA, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The radio alarm clock sputters Last Line: Of harvesting the fields Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty LAS RUBIAS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Dear modern women's magazine the ads say you can be a Last Line: Against a gold-lit world Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty LOVE AFFAIRS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: As if short skirts make a bad Last Line: To see you again, and you tell me %she's pregnant Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty MATTER OF CONTROL, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Don't be afraid %at night Last Line: Your shadow flung %against the land Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty MEMORIZING THE CENTER OF TIME, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Drops of memory collect Last Line: To the candy store Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty METAPHORIC COCKROACHES, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Experts theorize cockroaches survive anything Last Line: The rest of one's life. A treat. Sweet. Iron-rich. Sustaining Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty MILKSNAKES AND CHOCOLATE LILIES, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The children squabbled last night, piercing squall Last Line: Bulbs that smolder five dry years then bloom Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty MY MOTHER WAS A HEALER, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Out of bed in their squeaky paper boots Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families MY MOTHER WOULD COOK BREAKFAST OUTSIDE, IN THE OPEN, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The wavy clay of the land was my plate Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families OCCUPANT: BLUE ROOF APARTMENTS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The mail addressed to occupant Last Line: Addressed to us by name Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty OLD MARRIED COUPLE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: He never told anyone he couldn't swim Last Line: He did live, %we should have lived Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty ON THE FIRST DAY SHE MADE BIRDS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: He asked me if I had a choice Last Line: Both alike %endless possibilities Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty ONE DAY MY FATHER DECIDED, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: From a box radio on the wall Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families ONE TIME WE VISITED FRIENDS IN FOWLER, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Where I learned to sing Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families OPERATION WETBACK, 1953, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The day begins like any other day Last Line: That never brought him home Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty ORCHARD OF FIGS IN THE FALL, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Somewhere deep in the san joaquin valley Last Line: A grave of limbs gone wrong Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty OTHER MARIAS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Once there were 50 marias Last Line: Definitely not a virgin Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty POSTERIORS FOR POSTERITY, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: How to talk politely Last Line: A nice juicy butt Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty PRESSING REALITIES, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Scent of pine enters my window Last Line: Reality might undo me Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty QUALITY POOR, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: You can't be poor to live in the blue roofs Last Line: Managed because we stand in line for aid Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty RAISINS IN SUMMER, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Friday before payday we haul the kids Last Line: Have been, alongside our unmet desires Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty REPATRIATION, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: They called the process. Red wheat senators Last Line: A distorted credo in either tongue Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty ROAD CHANGED WITH THE SEASONS, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And shrink into dark raisins Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families RUNA PACHA, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The feeling grows for weeks Last Line: In this inhospitable air Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty SAN DIEGO AGED, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: My friends and I consume botanas Last Line: Each day I breathe Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty SERPENTINE VOICES: FROM SILENCE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: How many voices can I plum in this poem Last Line: God, we were something else Variant Title(s): Serpentine Voice Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty SETTLING, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: I've never seen his eyes so brilliant, cat's eyes Last Line: Anything can sneak between the cracks Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty SHE TENDS BAR, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: While she waits for a man Last Line: And unstop her sink besides Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty SOFTBALL AND TOMATO FIELDS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: They swarm like ants from the edge of the field Last Line: Runners caught between bases are all picked off Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty SOMETIMES MY MOTHER WOULD SURPRISE US AT DINNER, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And for a moment the world would stop spinning Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families SQUARING THE NAMES, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: When we caught lice in third grade Last Line: The one whose tongue savors life Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty THE MODEL KID, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How sweet the child who says, 'I will' Last Line: Dies, no soul in town will mourn. Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Obedience; Parents; Parenthood THESE OLD RAGS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: I dig in hard clay dirt Last Line: I could use a cheap gardener Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty THIS YEAR'S CYCLE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: We lie on the sand, carve tunnels down our sides Last Line: We make connections: our sons ask about the beach Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty THIS YEARNING SEASON, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Another spring done up in blue-eyed grass Last Line: More dance and show me how its done Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty TISICA, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: What does your dusty shack Last Line: Nightmare of the poor, the dread disease Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty TURNING TRAYS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Each vineyard is a world of crosses Last Line: Unfinished lines to tend Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty TURNS AT THE DANCE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The man who loves rancheras holds out his hand Last Line: She weighs his invitation to the dance Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty VALLEY FEVER, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: I was a favorite niece, the only daughter Last Line: Fifth down on the left, my branch grows slowly Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty WE'RE ALL ALIKE, YOU KNOW, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: My client tells me there's a look Last Line: Right, that makes us all alike? Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty WHAT THE CURANDERA KNOWS, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: With a candle and a canning jar Last Line: What more is there? Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty WHEN LIVING WAS A LABOR CAMP CALLED MONTGOMERY, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Back in the forties, you joined the family each summer to sort Last Line: The camp and no one would know your smell Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty WHEN SOUNDS RING TRUE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: Long ago, a woman struck a gong with a hammer made Last Line: Matching jaws thrust forward to crowd the sky Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty WHEN YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE, by DIANA GARCIA Poem Source First Line: The monster lived on the road to merced Last Line: To cover my gasps. His breath filled my room Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Poverty WHEREVER WE STOPPED, WE SET UP A CARPA -- A TENT, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The tiny holes of the canvas Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families YOU WERE BORN ON THE ROAD, LIKE YOUR FATHER, by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The land like tropical birds Subject(s): Children Of Migrant Workers; Mexican American Families |
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