Tina and Janis were my goddesses

The Voices at My Ear
Salima Rivera

#Poetry #SalimaRivera #Music #FScottFitzgerald #TheGreatGatsby #TheMickeyMouseClub #AnnetteFunicello #PuertoRico #TinaTurner #JanisJoplin #JimMorrison #AllenGinsberg #PaulCrump #OKCorral #JohnnyBGoode

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162032/the-voices-at-my-ear

Socrates sipped a tea like this

A Bumper Crop
Salima Rivera

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162031/a-bumper-crop

I’m crazy because I want to know

The Crazy Women of Plaza de Mayo
Salima Rivera

#Poetry #SalimaRivera #PlazaDeMayo #Argentina

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162027/the-crazy-women-of-plaza-de-mayo

The peaceful men lay in their graves

Letter to a Friend in El Salvador
Salima Rivera

#Poetry #SalimaRivera #ElSalvador

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162026/letter-to-a-friend-in-el-salvador

I breathe a music Mick Jagger / can only dream about

Erotica Sweet
Salima Rivera

#Poetry #SalimaRivera #MickJagger

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162023/erotica-sweet

Santana blasts from the car stereos

Pilsen
Salima Rivera

#Poetry #SalimaRivera #Pilsen #Chicago #Santana #Mariachi

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162022/pilsen

I seek a god I know little of

Contradictions
Salima Rivera

#Poetry #SalimaRivera #Contradictions

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/162019/contradictions