JORDAN SANCHEZ

JORDAN SANCHEZ

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  • love-like

    i watched you walk home that day.through the window,i saw the clouds openand the sun turned your skin to gold,as if an angel in the sky wantedto watch you with me.because you’re the only one that’s there,you’re the only one that matters.at least that’s how i always saw it—saw you—me—alone,but you had to go home…

    Jordan Sanchez

    May 10, 2021
    personal, poetry, writing
    art, heartbreak, love, love poem, poem, poetry, spoken word
  • On Climate Denial (V3 Climate Group)

    Denial is the first stage of grief, but what are you grieving?Maybe the fact that our clean air is leaving,Our lungs constantly receiving the grey,Ourselves slowly receding into the black.Our blue waters we pretended to love,Suffocated with plastic we disposed of.Red turns the dove who flies awayWith no turning back.Back into time when I still…

    Jordan Sanchez

    March 3, 2020
    earth, poetry, writing
  • On Climate Denial (V2 Climate Speaks)

    Denial is the first stage of grief, but what are you grieving?Maybe the fact that our clean air is leaving,Our lungs constantly receiving the grey,Ourselves slowly receding into the black. Our blue waters we pretended to love,Suffocated with plastic we disposed of.Red turns the dove who flies awayWith no turning back. Back into time when…

    Jordan Sanchez

    March 3, 2020
    earth, featured, poetry, writing
    activism, activist, art, climate change, climate change poem, climate crisis, climate denial, climate speaks, new york city, poem, poetry, spoken word
  • state of the union

    Fellow citizens of America.. Scratch that—let’s be frank here for a moment. I just said that to make you feel as though we’re on the same level, but c’mon now! I’m the president, you’re the citizen, let’s get that straight. I’m so humbled and grateful for this position. Really, wow. Thanks for voting me in…

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    america, poetry, writing
    activism, activist, america, art, poem, poetry, president, satire, speech, state of the union, united states, USA
  • my mother’s story

    It was warm, but not too warm; the perfect temperature to only wear a sweater. I was nine years old; the second youngest out of my sisters. There’s Annette, Pat, me, then Charlene, but Charlene is nine years younger than me so she didn’t go to school with us. We were the only black students…

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    essays, personal, writing
    1960s, activism, activist, grandmother, mother, robbery, story, storytelling
  • rose

    America — where the streets are literally pavedwith golden mac and cheese from my Grandma’s kitchen.where opportunities grow like apples on trees,just waiting for you to reach up and pick them off,and when you finally do, you take a bite and plant your own.where the songs of each country come togetherto form a new melody…

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    america, poetry, writing
    activism, activist, freedom, grandmother, liberty, liberty poem, poem, poetry, rose, statue of liberty
  • bliss

    the sunrise. or maybe just a little before it. the sky, flaunting a pale blue to signify the near presence of the sun, has finally awakened. clouds — not invasive, nor intrusive, nor shielders of heat, but created as a model for renaissance paintings — litter the blue as they settle into position for the…

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    earth, poetry, writing
    bliss, meditation, nature poem, new york city, peace, peaceful, poem, poetry, relax, relaxing, spring, sunshine
  • march 24, 2018.

    12:05pm. Black Lives Matter sign held by white folk. Kim nods. Laura takes a picture. We look around…. (continued)

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    america, poetry, writing
    activism, activist, gun control, gun violence, march for our lives, parkland shooting, poem, poetry
  • something about black boys

    Blackness is sunshine. Sun shining, Making skin glow. The sun is melanin. Melanin is gold, Glimmering gold, Golden…. (continued)

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    personal, poetry, writing
    activism, activist, art, black boy poem, black boys, black lives matter, blackness, blm, new york city, nyc, poem, poetry
  • On Climate Denial (V1 Original)

    Denial is the first stage of grief, but what are you grieving? Maybe the fact that our clean air is leaving, Our lungs constantly receiving the grey, Ourselves slowly receding into the black. Our blue waters we pretended to love… (continued)

    Jordan Sanchez

    November 8, 2019
    earth, poetry, writing
    activism, activist, art, climate change, climate change poem, climate crisis, climate denial, climate speaks, jordan sanchez, poem, poetry, spoken word
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