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Podcasts (Hire Lernin’ – eBook release May 1, 2021)

The eBook version of my new novel, Hire Lernin’: An Idealist’s Journey through the World of for-Profit Education, will be out May 1 in all ebook formats from most booksellers. You can hear me read the complete first six chapters and excerpts through chapter 10 in the following podcasts. It is a historical novel based on my own experiences in my first academic posting as academic dean of a for-profit business school in New York City not very different from the fictional one in my novel. Beyond th...

Podcast: O Castelo de San Antón (English original and Spanish translation)

O Castelo de San Antón

Beautiful small castle on a tranquil bay,
Of beauty seldom seen on any shore,
Museum now of artifacts of old,
From Roman digs and our Celtic ancestors.

Treasures displayed from my Galician soil,
The lost kingdom’s uncovered still,
Yet nary a manacle, or bar seen,
Of a fascist makeshift prison once here.

My grandfather tortured, condemned to death,
But set free by a jailor/patriot.

O Castelo de San Antón

Hermoso pequeño castillo en una tranquila bahía,
De ...

Podcast: Covid-19 Lockdown Blues

Podcast: Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day

Cherish today the woman you call mom,
Who sacrificed body and self for you,
Your fearless champion your entire life,
Her pure love always unconditional.

She who first taught you what it means to love,
And also to distinguish right from wrong,
Taught you to care for other than yourself,
By her example always, not her words.

Your joy her joy for triumphs great and small,
Her anguish hidden for your every fall,
Your first and your most ardent fan in life,
In times y...

Podast: Two poems about The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (one written today) whose galloping we should all be able to hear quite clearly these days . . .

On The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Hear their approaching hoofbeats,
See the destruction in their wake,
Know it is we who summoned them.

The poison of our hatred draws them,
As does the indifference in our hearts,
And the darkness in our souls.

As we’ve sown, so now we reap,
Division, acrimony, and ill will,
Harvests that nourish our inner demons.

War, famine, pestilence, and death
now march,
Trampling freedom, hope, and truth,
Co-opting and mocking God’s grace.

The tipping point is visible on the horizon.
Soon there will be no...

Podcasts

Please visit my podcasts at https://anchor.fm/victor-d-lopez for the latest samples from my poetry books, short fiction, complete chapters from my novel, samples from my non-fiction books and articles and commentary.

Today’s Poetry Podcasts

Podcast: On My Poetry (poem)

El Saltamontre y Las Hormigas – Fabula de Esopo Actualizada Para el Siglo XXI

Esta es una lectura de la fabula original de Esopo y de mi nueva versión actualizada para el siglo XXI. Publiqué mi versión hace más de una década en uno de mis blogs y también la volví a publicar hace cuatro años. Esta es la primera lectura de mi traducción al español de mi original en inglés.