[Poem] Rain date
The obese night fell heavy with the rains we remained at home made shadow puppets using light from fireplace with our feet spoke of funerals and weddings never attended cried about laughter laughed about tears ate bread and potatoes even though it was hours passed our bed time I taught her how to become ticklish … Read more
[POEM/VIDEO] Medellín
Excerpt from poem: “This is I, questioning existence. Twenty-two years, fifty-nine days, and twenty-one hours on the road, hitchhiking back to my birth, walking backwards into the future facing the past, reading back words of my autobiography, looking for any clue that will lead me toward the womb of my conception…” To listen to the … Read more
[POEM/AUDIO] If I were the sun
Excerpt: “If I were the sun, you’d find me running behind you trying to catch up, beneath the orange Arizona sky, trying not to trip over knocked-down, dried up cacti and lizard skulls during your early morning runs since you tend to rise earlier than I…” For the entire spoken word piece, listen to the … Read more
[Poem/Video] Wandering Love
Excerpt: “Just give me a call…we will wander somewhere, together. I’ll take you to a place where the sun goes to rest…where the moon learned to love the night life…where the heart understood what I meant when I said, “I love you.” And I didn’t even need to give my reasons for it to understand, … Read more
The WRIToracle Poets’ dirty laundry: The second load
- 24 June 2011 – - Album by The WRIToracle Poets – - Article by Michael Frissore – Mt. Major, New Hampshire, April 2006. We — that is, some of the WRIToracle staff members – gathered to climb Mt. Major in Alton, NH. The wordplay in this being the first WRIT Summit and that we were … Read more
[AUDIO] Sfumato: A Decade of Spoken Word, Act 1
- 3 June 2011 – You can download the entire album — all 20 tracks — for free below. I left my heart in Medellin Rain date Mother’s books Eclipse Sign language Flashlight A child’s Winter ritual Inheritance Sinful Tango Another country Antiquated lips The many forms of love, #1 A trace of a dream … Read more
La CaSSaDaGa meant to chronicle my various journalistic and creative writing (#poetry & #fiction) endeavours. The project quickly evolved to also become the main cross+street where Colombian talent meets the world’s. La CaSSaDaGa’s new mission is to also share with an English-speaking, int’l audience the diverse, creative talents of budding Colombian artists and introduce Colombians to the emerging, non-mainstream talents of the world. From one CaSSaDaGaN to another, welcome and bienvenidos to mi CaSSa. Don't forget to remove your shoes -- we walk barefoot around here.
