My Mother has never spoken a word to me. She is Deaf. But her love can be heard in the sizzling of canola oil on her palms, the splash that is true baptism for those who pray to Rice. Her love can be heard in the snaps of tongue against spoons as she grinds memory […]
Julio Montalvo Valentin
Julio Montalvo Valentin is the author of two chapbooks, Don’t Give up the Ship and Ship Lost. He is a cofounder of and editor at CWP Collective Press. Julio is also an editor for the Mutate Re and Portrait as well as a blogger for Plurality Press. You can find him working on his next project, converting a school bus into a poetry caravan for his next poetry tour.
Only Paradox Grows in Puerto Rico
Phantosimia dangles its scent above cana de azucar, always sour before harvest. To grow sugar cane, you must dissect setts of yourself because society values growth over being whole these days. Does not matter where you are planted, you will still stretch and yearn for Neruda’s sun. But there is money to be made in […]