Juan Felipe Herrera
My Mother’s Name is Lucha
about the poem
Juan Felipe Herrera was the 21st Poet Laureate of the United States and is the first Latino to hold the position. Herrera’s many collections of poetry include Notes on the Assemblage; Senegal Taxi; and Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems. Herrera is also a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.
Juan Felipe Herrera was the 21st Poet Laureate of the United States and is the first Latino to hold the position. Herrera’s many collections of poetry include Notes on the Assemblage; Senegal Taxi; and Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems. Herrera is also a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.
Juan Felipe Herrera was the 21st Poet Laureate of the United States and is the first Latino to hold the position. Herrera’s many collections of poetry include Notes on the Assemblage; Senegal Taxi; and Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems. Herrera is also a performance artist and activist on behalf of migrant and indigenous communities and at-risk youth.
ENGLISH
your hands my hands
kindnesses dances silences sitting you i
El Paso Texas Segundo Barrio
Juarez 1918 1936 in gypsy dress actress
you sing i sing we sing lullabies of old
this now lines now my birth
heart now life
all life now
i bow to you
