Friday, March 25, 2016

Gemini Ink Writing Lab - Week #5 - Cultural Identity

Engaging the Active Imagination: Writing as Activism

Writing prompt
  • What culture do you speak? Write the narrative of your unique American history
Entry:

Mestiza

Texan y Tejana, she forms as a slender trace of miel mesquite, a drizzle of chamoy, a hearth of pecan meat. She soars the monarch's trail, with conviction of the river current, while calling the mockingbird's bluff. She pats her hands with cornflower, reciting cantos que pasa el tiempo. De la luz, de la tierra, she reigns. She resides...