Any ideas?
the standing teacher asks
any ideas? is she kidding or what?
i have no one idea
i have tons of ideas
tons of ideas are overflowing my brain
tons of ideas are getting stuck on my mind
because each time I’ve tried
to say something in this class
only silly, ridiculous sounds come-out from my mouth
any ideas? is she kidding or what?
i have no one idea
i have tons of ideas
tons of ideas are overflowing my brain
tons of ideas are getting stuck on my mind
because each time I’ve tried
to say something in this class
only silly, ridiculous sounds come-out from my mouth
Any comments?
there she’s asking again
of course, I have comments
of course, I have ideas
only they keep getting entangled
in every darn part of my body
where impotence hurts and harshly bruises me
but as with my sounds
nothing comes out
of course, I have comments
of course, I have ideas
only they keep getting entangled
in every darn part of my body
where impotence hurts and harshly bruises me
but as with my sounds
nothing comes out
Come on, tell me about... the sky
and she thinks she is helping
she has already taught us the rainbow colors
that we diligently had repeated for hours
black,
white,
blue,
red,
green,
yellow....
so, in her mind we should be able to describe the sky!!
how could I begin
to tell the memories and dreams
the images that shape my soul
the sounds that are my heart beats
i sound a phrase
she has already taught us the rainbow colors
that we diligently had repeated for hours
black,
white,
blue,
red,
green,
yellow....
so, in her mind we should be able to describe the sky!!
how could I begin
to tell the memories and dreams
the images that shape my soul
the sounds that are my heart beats
i sound a phrase
the sky is blue
an intrinsic part of my body-soul breaks
an english phrase has come out
there are funny words i can’t feel
as i realized that in the ESL classroom
an english phrase has come out
there are funny words i can’t feel
as i realized that in the ESL classroom
Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto is a faculty member at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Espinosa-Dulanto holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum Theory and Educational Policies for Linguistic Minorities from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Espinosa-Dulanto's writing as well as her academic research departs from identifying herself as a woman of color, a Borderlands Mestiza, and a non-mainstream person in the US. From that perspective, she explores the construction and transmission of knowledge. Dr. Espinosa-Dulanto is a veteran teacher, she has taught in urban and rural settings, in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, Dr. Espinosa-Dulanto is an avid ethnographer who uses narrative inquiry, photography, and poetry as tools to learn and communicate. Currently, she is working in two projects, a Poetry Collection, "Finding Home in Memory: Stories of Immigration, Diaspora, and Dis/location” and, she is conducting research on the USA/Mexico border
