Rodriguez, Luis J. 2008
We sink into the dust,
Baba and me,
Beneath brush of prickly leaves;
Ivy strangling trees–singing
Our last rites of locura.
Homeboys. Worshipping God-fumes
Out of spray cans.
– Luis J. Rodriguez, “The Concrete River”
Audio recording of the Poetry Center Reading Series featuring Tom Raworth, Diane di Prima, Kimiko Hahn, Eugene Gloria, Patricia Smith, Luis Rodriguez, Robert Bly, Brian Turner, Bruce Weigl, Tyehimba Jess, A. Van Jordan, Arielle Greenberg, Billy Corgan, Franz Wright, Czeslaw Milosz, Louise Glück, and Alicia Ostriker.
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Luis Rodriguez talks about how gang life wasn’t his final destination. Out of trauma came transformation. Luis gives us his view on how poetry can be used as a source of medicine. Luis is Poet Laureate of Los Angeles. He also has 15 books, co-founded Tia Chucha’s Center, ran for California governor in 2014, endorsed by the Green Party.
