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I was on an impromptu road trip in the Marfa, Texas area when I received an email asking if anyone would be interested in interviewing the Katherine Anne Porter House’s last writer for the 2023 season, Fernando A. Flores. I was in a small town coffee shop that also doubled as a bookstore/art gallery after an inexplicable detour to the South Texas/Mexico border just outside of Big Bend National Park. This is where I’d come upon an old walking bridge called La Linda International Bridge and found out that it used to join the two countries unmonitored until its closure in 1997 and was used to transport fluorspar or fluorite across the borders.

they say we crossed the border

but the truth is

of the gods’ particle out here

even if we are dying

if the ball dropped into the center of the dome

that does not conserve the four corners

let them fold in to the center

wait, let me start over

as long as you don’t observe the signs

let me explain how electro

is relative but (greater than) > relativity

stronger than gravity but (weaker than) < electromagnetism & nuclear forces

it’s out there right

you just don’t see it

it does not ex

Anthology of poems featuring poems depicting self conflicting thoughts by multiple authors/poets. Also available for purchase as Kindle edition or paperback at Amazon.

April is National Poetry Month and Proximity Learning is thrilled to share its love of poetry with both educators and students. There are so many innovative ways teachers can share the joys, benefits, and connections poetry allows in the online classroom or in the brick-and-mortar classroom with their students.

In April 1996, the Academy of American Poets initiated the first-ever National Poetry Month. Many people, especially students, get intimidated when they think of poetry - but there’s not

Note from the Editor:

Translated into Spanish by Deana Cardona, Spanish Copy Editing by Devora Barrera González

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“Habia una vez,” . . . in a galaxy far far away, Petra Peña awakens after humanity’s last chance of survival has been launched into space by the Pleiades Corp to find she is the only survivor with memories of Earth. In The Last Cuentista, author Donna Barba Higuera builds a world which relies upon

Abra: I love how this poem encompasses the season and the different ways we honor or circumvent the memories of those who have passed. As the veil seems to become thinner and there’s a chill in the air we invite the visions and images of death (which we typically try to avoid) into our homes as decor, our wardrobes as masquerade, and our collective consciousness as both entertainment and observance as we embrace the shadowy side.

The cacophony of celebration and overindulgence juxtaposed with t

Sedona, Ariz., is a charming destination with pine trees to the north and deserts to the south. Hiking trails, scenic red-rock overlooks and the famous vortexes — where the Earth’s energy is said to be amplified — all are worthy attractions. After visiting family who relocated there last year, I quickly realized that to “get” Sedona, you have to venture out and embrace the strange. Even if you’re a cynic like my boyfriend, Jon, with whom I recently made a return trip. Here are my recommendations

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THE WAY, FROM OVER THERE

Nican mopohua

Aqui se narra

Here it is told

You get the idea.

This Full Moon resonates with ancestral spirits

Those ghosts of past generations,

Who watch silently over our lives,

May be heard tonight…

WHIS PER ING

wisdom and guidance.

But I wonder,

Why do they suddenly have so

much guidance from beyond?

Why is it they never

shared this wisdom while here?

Do they bring stories?

Do they carry songs?

Do they deliver curas or curses?

My hairs