The following poem analogizes the developing fetus, embryo and baby to its corresponding fruit or vegetable. It elucidates various evolutionary milestones encountered from within the womb. Baby Fruit Conceiving of you, my Seedling. Has been a blessing And an eye-opening journey Through vapors of nausea and cream We have become a […]
Hispanic Heritage Month arrives this year against a backdrop of nationwide immigration enforcement that has swept through agricultural regions across the country. ICE arrests have spiked following new enforcement policies under the Trump administration. While raids have been reported in California’s Central Coast, Ventura County, the San Joaquin Valley, and Oregon’s Willamette Valley, the enforcement […]
I learned a few things by attending the Collaborative Art Fair at 80 Wooster in SoHo last Thursday. First: I’m seemingly drawn to organic creations made of resin, and second: Resin evokes organic imagery for a reason. Drawn immediately to Maria M. Mohiuddun fractal-like evocations— flowers, concentric petals and shapes—made from what appeared to be waxed […]
