The Burning of Paper
Poets Responding to Arizona SB 1070
Categories: Poets

This list is borrowed from a page on facebook. It is continuously updated, so look for recent additions.

Mariposas by Ricardo Nazario-Colón

Show Me The Border to The Sun: Hilton Obenzinger

Bonfire: Devreaux Baker

AZ S.B. 1070 & Immigrant Genes – By Darren Lyman

Arizona (The Hanging Tree) by Ricardo Nazario-Colón

Into the Dark Future by Minal Hajratwala

May Day 2010 by Aida آیدا Ashouri

synergy of hate by antoinette nora claypoole

When the great and powerful America becomes ungrateful by León Perdices

It pulsed in the air by Tom Sheldon

brown shirt blue jeans black shoes white socks by Israel Francisco Haros

MY WIFE IS MEXICAN by Moe Armstrong

St. Bartholomew’s Day by Sara Amis

Alma Luz Villanueva: Breathing While Brown

MY PAPERS by Liz Ahl

faces not issues by Catriona Rueda Esquibel

poem 28 – bridges v. borders by Odilia Galván Rodríguez

Freedom by Gary Wagner

MalKeySexoDora by Israel Francisco Haros

Ode To La Que Me Habrio Una Herida: Border Espiritu Rojo Y Negro by Israel Francisco Haros

P R O T E S T A by Betty Sánchez

In Arizona by Scott Hernandez

Israel Francisco Haros: Kon Papeles Sin Papeles Te Amo!

Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes by Gerardo Pacheco

Christy NaMee Eriksen: Napowrimo #28 – What does an illegal immigrant look like?

Nepantla by Odilia Galván Rodríguez

sb gwateverz by Israel Francisco Haros

Watch for your behavior and shoes–experts can identify your criminality!!!! by Sandra Posadas

girls and boys, if I may, what day is convenient for you? by Scott Maurer

American Distress by Maria Ochoia

THIS TIME by Shelley Ettinger

Excerpt from “Song for Shenandoah” by Richard Vargas

A MEXICAN FOURTH OF JULY by Charles Carreon

“La regla de los ladrones / The Law of Thieves” by Avotcja

Ode to Arizona – SB 1070 by Kristy Orona-Ramirez (Tiwa/Raramuri)

Born A Suspect by Aztatl Garza

This Is My County by Genny Lim

Soneto XIV / Sonnet XIV by Francisco X. Alarcón

Reasonable Suspicion: The Conqueror’s Dream by Devreaux Baker

NAISA (Native American and Indigenous Studies Association) letter to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer

I HAVE AN ILLEGAL ALIEN IN MY TRUNK by Pam Uschuk

Immigrants by Camincha Benvenutto

on issues of aliens and immigration by devorah major

Paper Border by Israel Francisco Haros

mexikan credentials by Israel Francisco Haros

SB 1070 ( SB? Sanababiche! lend me your ears ) by Nephtalí De León

Border Ghost of Sonora by Carmen Calatayud

Border Love by Israel Francisco Haros

Arizona Governor Signs Immigration Bill to Allow Racial Profiling by Pam Uschuk

Fear and Guilt: SB 1070 in Arizona by Linda Rodriguez

And now it begins by James Downs

SB 1070 by Juanita Salazar Lamb

Insist and Resist by Manuel Lozano

Message from one of the student of the CAPITOL NINE to Francisco Alarcón

Poem For Raza Studies at Police State University by Michael Medrano

Borderlines by Meg Withers

¡ARIZONA, ME DECEPCIONA! by Xico Gonzalez

FOR THE “CAPITOL NINE” by Francisco X. Alarcón

3 Comments to “Poets Responding to Arizona SB 1070”

  1. Marty Williams says:

    I am loving what I am reading on Facebook and, as a poet, am wondering how one contributes to this site.
    thank you, Marty Williams

    • Chanda says:

      Hi Marty — If you go to the facebook page and look under info, I think they have a link to some instructions. ~ Chanda

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