• ink
• urakán
• convencído

Alurista is recognized as one of the most significant Chicano poets. He was born in 1947 in Mexico City and migrated to San Diego, California, when he was thirteen. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish literature from the University of California, San Diego. Among his collections of poetry are Floricanto en Aztlan (1971), Spik in Glyph? (1981), Return: Poems Collected and New (1982), and Et Tu ... Raza? (1995). His work played a central role in the Chicano movement of the late 1960s and 1970s and continues to inspire new generations of artists and activists.

ink
(Pa' Ixel)

ink naught blood u b not willing to spillthink knot rope u b not willing to tiesink nut crack u b not willing to peel ink think sink fink blood rope crack people spill tie peel die no te creas! ¡créate! ¡sé tú! ¡goza! ... los cantos sonnuestros ... los rostros también ... que esperas? ¡AMA! ...¡LUCHA!

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urakán

(Pa' Ixel)

urakán serpent otra vez, rambles ocelotl tremors the earthRoaring still, little jaguar otra vez, trembles there b no barking leftin this here rain gutters abound under homeless warriorsignite their hearts peace remainswithin in with out know no nothing being blooming being one with all own no nothing seeing swimming singing song with all so there b tabacoso there b hopsso there b fireso there b snow let then there b love 'n' lava that is all there is ..... rain .....thunder ura kán

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convencído
(Pa' Ixel)

convencído estoy que todo/a poet/a debe ser exterminado/a la, es más, ninguna república! los tolera! casi como a congo, ó tono lele mau, mau la hora llega como la lluvia temprana ¡cállate! simón tolemeo era una santidad ¿qué nó? sino pos kkk, la tuya! las cruces y los venenos abondan rehusemos entonces las azucares que nos ofrece el imperio la sal sudor de nuestro pueblo acribilla cualquier mentira

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