Carpe the effin’ diem: Thoughts and Advice for Artists/Creators
This short essay first appeared on the ArtsBoston blog. They asked me to write something about the arts and a […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
Launching my first children’s picture book
Announcing launch event for my first published children's book, Stacey Became a Frog One Day,
A Magical Time of Women Working Together – MPDC
For a while, the stars aligned and magic issued from the mostly Black female staff of Madison Park Development Corporation […]
Breakfast for Dinner
It was a surprise, a treat, and a strategy although as a kid at the time, I felt it was […]
Solid as a Rock – My Brother
A tribute to a brother who is solid as a rock.
Happy birthday though
My husband gets on my nerves and then I swerveWanting to be right up under himKeep him nearCause he’s the […]
Mother May I?
Mother may I tell you how blessed I have been that you are my mother? On the grand occasion of […]
My Saige – My First by Candelaria Norma Silva
I wrote this poem in an online poetry class – With Dedication Writing Poems to and for Other People, taught […]
Closeness – a touch, a touch, a touch
To meld into an embrace, hugging so tightly that your breathing relaxes, your muscles release, and you exchange meaning: love, […]
The Illusion of Peace Without Justice by Candelaria Silva
Peace over justice has always been my wayChoosing, preferring to stay out of the frayNow, I see this choice was […]
Distance Reading
My reading distances me; it takes me away from people I love. It sometimes forms a barrier. I need to […]
When Spring Fever Hits
Spring Fever from the Songs Somebody Should Sing series by Candelaria N. Silva When spring fever hits And your sap […]
Calendar Betrayal
The reminders pop up every day in my calendar. This meeting…that meeting. This event…that event. The words feel like a […]
Our Green Thing in tribute to Earth Day
“Oh, Mercy, mercy me. Oh, things ain’t what they used to be, aw-nah, oil wasted upon the ocean and upon […]
Uncovering and Rediscovering My Corners during Covid-19 Pandemic
Sheltering in place during the Covid-19 pandemic is allowing me to uncover and rediscover the corners of my life and […]
Longing for the times when I was living free – ...
Longing for the times that used to be How many new lives will be made? How many bills go will […]
Today is the only day we have to love
This is the only February 14th I have. I have to do the things I want to do this February […]