“For if any adversity, grief, or sickness, or loss of children, corn, cattle, or liberty happen unto them, by and by they exclaim upon witches.”
Source: The Penguin Book of Witches
“Such faithless people (I say) are also persuaded that neither hail nor snow, thunder nor lightning, rain nor tempestuous winds come from the heavens at the commandment of God, but are raised by are raised by the cunning and power of witches and conjurers; insomuch as a clap of thunder, or a gale of wind is no sooner heard, but either they run to ring bells, or cry out to burn witches, or else burn considerate things, hoping by the smoke thereof to drive the Devil out of the air, as though spirits could be frightened away with such external toys.”
Source: The Penguin Book of Witches
“It is not the sort of place where one would expect to find a witch. But a witch did live there, though she is not buried there.”
Source: The Penguin Book of Witches
“The moon lights the freckles sprinkled on her cheeks and nose like little blossoms in a field of snow.”
Source: Finding Us Again
“He looked at me with that look that told me he believed himself and because he believed himself, I should too. He was kind of crazy cute that way. Just crazy cute enough to do it too.”
Source: Finding Us Again
“She smiles. I haven't known her long but I have seen her smile before. Only those smiles weren't this smile... It's a smile that I'm responsible for. I want to give her more smiles like that.”
Source: Finding Us Again
“Somos humanos cuando nos descubrimos en cada humano.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Soneto de Idiota
Yo no nací latino,
¡aún así me aceptarás,
como tu gente propia!
Mi corazón, alma, todo roto,
¿aceptarás las piezas como precio,
por un lugar pequeño en tu familia?
Me cuesta hablar español,
todavía hay mucho que escribo.
Poesía sólo necesita un buen corazón,
ni impecable gramática, ni vocabulario.
Soy local porque soy responsable -
Cada pueblo mi pueblo, mi humanidad insiste.
Got no past no future, el idiota stands at your door,
And I ask you again, ¿me tomarás como tu gente?”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Seamos (The Spanglish Sonnet)
Seamos evolución,
Seamos la revolución.
There is plenty pollution,
Ahora seamos la solución.
Seamos soldados,
Seamos amantes.
Fear not the fiery storms,
Y seamos valientes.
Seamos la esperanza,
A la gente, seamos alegría.
In a world of self-obsession,
Vamos amigos, seamos la ayuda.
El servicio a la sociedad no es caridad,
For it is just life, porque es la humanidad.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“Querida familia, ¡feliz día de la Independencia! Hasta el último aliento, ¡tu lucha es mi lucha!”