Life-Giver
I am mother
Daughter and sister
From the time I'm born
Everyone I see
Is part of my family...
Costa (little sister)
I miss the little house we shared by the graveyard.
Concrete floor, zinc roof, two rooms, seven people.
The smell of yellow platanos frying and cumbia music...
LETTER FOM THE FERTILE FIELD TEAM:
When the Fertile Field team decided to explore "Why Religion" as the topic for the November edition, it was a surprise endeavor. It seemed that we were exploring a new genre, one that has often been considered a taboo or...
Cornrows and Eulogies
I looked at myself in the mirror. I noticed the lines of my face and the curve of my neck. I looked down at my hands remembering the moment I first realized that they looked like hers. Long, thin, delicate hands perfect for playing the piano or...
Adolescence
Stifled by the fact that things are changing
He isn't who he used to be.
Caught by himself,
His once annoying innocence,
Now lost and gone,
To be cherished as it had never been before...
Peace and the Lack Thereof
The sorrow, anger, confusion and sometimes hope I feel regarding the absence of peace in our world formed my inspiration for this essay. Like the various pockets of history which it seeks to connect, it is fragmented and disjointed, but its rough form...
Rapture
in harsh daylight
cruel cities
anguish the sky
as multi-hued minds
stream through hard morning...
The Legacy of Racism in American Media
As a student of film and television, I often confuse my friends with the movies I find racially offensive. Movies such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Blue Streak, Men in Black and Shrek top my list...
Metaphysics
When I die,
I would like to be sent
to a kitchen,
where my father and mother
and two sisters and I
laugh under yellow lamp light...
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Past Submissions
Letter From the Team
Best of 2002-2004Letter from the Fertile Field editorial team
What's your American Dream?
America, Peeling
The Only Way to Feast
Flowers of Thy Meadow
Back From America
From Centimeters to Pounds
Legacy
Being Biracial in America
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