three poems in Dreamers and Displaced, d. ellis phelps

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Dreamers and Displaced

I am very pleased to have new work appearing in the current issue of Poets and Dreamers Literary & Fine Arts Journal: Dreamers and Displaced

Three of my poems including naomi,

along the rio grande

among carnelian melons

& orange      groves

you can hear the coyotes

crooning       to a moon

wide and bright    as

the river         she loves

naomi crossed this borderland

for freedom      cradling her infant…

(read the entire poem here)

on a farm in brownsville

“In 2009, the Department of Homeland Security

informed landowners along the northern edge of the

Rio Grande that the new border fence would be cutting

through their properties.”



Texas Monthly, 2011

​rust colored steel

cuts through

melon & mesquite

chops this land in half

(read the entire poem here)

and only the ocotillo

they rode in silence

​

silence

across the great river

silence

across the canyons…

(read the entire poem here)

appear alongside the work of many poets and artists of note including:

Juan Felipe Herrerra,

…at times the shadow

i cannot tell i sleep the blankets folded and unfolded todavía

still here para ti for you         todavía…

Wendy Barker,

…Songbirds return to the same spot year after year. Travel in flocks, rely on their neighbors. Safety in numbers….

Marrian Haddad

…And we danced, under the freeway, wearing our chokers, handmade by native artisans, turquoise and silver and wood, there we were, and many, dancing…

and more.  I am deeply honored to be included.

Read Poets and Dreamers here…

 

image:  Rio Grande:  Texas-Mexico is used permission of the artist, Tom Driggers via Creative Commons.  Some rights reserved.