Music

Apr 27, 20217 min read

Postcards from Uruguay, and a few connecting flights. With love, Profé

Postcards from Uruguay is an adaptation from the Blog prompt for my Santa Monica College students of English 57, Latin American Literature.

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Nov 1, 20204 min read

MAP - The Making of Liam Whelan's Irish Lullaby. A Cartography of a Heritage.

Liam remembered the very first time that his Máthair Chríona sang the lullaby for him when he was a child, and an old ache squeezed his gut.

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Nov 1, 20201 min read

MAP - The Making of Rain with Sun - Brook's Poetic Ecosystems.

Liam stared at Brook—their shape was blurred by his teary eyes. Amber light filtered through the treetops of Sequoias and Redwoods.

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Oct 18, 20199 min read

The Making of "Realization": Merging Time, Place & Being Towards Resilience

Today, I find inspiration in the shape of a scar. I imagine that polka dots of blood can be read like musical notes spilling sounds.

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Sep 21, 20196 min read

A Place-Based Poem about Weather Report

Gale warning forecast by Mr. Jaco Pastorius--he is whirlpooling his rapid tornado, ripping the frets into splits and chunks of music.

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Aug 28, 20193 min read

“Ekphrasis of Cassandra’s Vow of Love.”

I had thought that uncertainty and despair were the gradients of my life before I’d known about this flower growing inside me.

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Aug 28, 20195 min read

“Lily’s Dance at The Spinoff”

She wore pink stilettos. Her steps towards the stage were sensual, following the cry of mating, the howling of Beck’s guitar.

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Cecilia Martinez-Gil