Pest-Published with Notegraphy

As I was dreaming this morning, I remembered the website Notegraphy. My students have a lot of poetry that they have published in the classroom. I was thinking that the could use the website to publish their poetry and then add it to their blogs. We could even have all their poetry printed and made into a class anthology. Not only that, but you can download the images as a png file. There is so much you can do with this. I could take my poem and upload it to Camtasia or Stupeflix and create a voice narration with it. I could add music too. I really like this website. I will be using it in January with my students. (They could be using it to write their expository pieces as well.)

Words of Freedom-Soy libre

Not to worry, I will add the accents tomorrow. I just wanted to get it out tonight. Blogspot doesn't allow for accents in Spanish.  Disculpe por ahora.

Words of Freedom-Soy Libre

by Maureen Ucles

I can

post what I want

say what I want

expresarme

I can 

let the words fly

off of the page

from my thoughts

pensamientos

locked deep inside

waiting to be released

to be expresada

I can

write what I want

be who I want

not considering you 

anymore

not in the least

I can 

be free 

how I want

no holding back

letting go 

freedom rings

in my ears

en mi corazon

en mi alma

Yo puedo

expresarme

para librarme

demonstrarte

quien soy

Yo puedo volar

alcanzar mis suenos

mis deseos

que tengo dentro

mi espirtu

no voy 

a quedar callada

no mas

no voy a

escuchar sus palabras negativas

no mas

me quedo

feliz y libre

para expresarme

and be me

that I was meant to be

YA

Estrellita-Star Gazing-first version

Here is a poem that I wrote about a few years ago.  I think I will rename it Estrellita.


And it goes a little something like this...

Estrellita

By Maureen Twinkle Ucles

Twinkle, twinkle 

Little star

Got me wonderin'

Estrellita

Where you are

Out in space

Light years away

Just twinkling

All the way 

to the bank?

Como no?

Hardly...

Twinkling there

Twinkling here

Twinkling

Just twinkling

for whom?

For what?

Seems all full

of nothingness

Heard someone 

say

Hey-

If you twinkle

They will come

Only in a field

abandoned

Out in far right field

dreams unrealized

Put on hold

I have

Thrown in the towel

 for the moment

at least

Twinkle, twinkle

Como brilla

Tan contenta

Little star

estrellita

Got me wonderin'

So far

away

Oblivious to the day

That I might just

UP and WALK

Away

Wish it were 

Today

Right now

This instance

Tonight

Great time to

take flight

Just might

You trippin'

No

Hardly

Twinkle, twinkle

CasaNova's

Nebulae

Hits my eye

In between

Primal scream

Out of

of my mind

heart and soul

Twinkle, Twinkle

You got the ansa?

to my ponderings

chalk full of wonderins'

Trying to find some meaning

Meaning

Voided

Beyond belief

Re-placed

Re-moved

Re-jected

by a twinkle, twinkle

from someone else's estrella

all these years

sweat, blood and some tears

for what?

Some things 

Some place

Some  thoughts

Worth it all?

Tal vez

Depende

Quien sabe voz?

but makes me not

so so encantada

got a fistful of thanks

Por favorcito

going through my

hands like water

escaping through a

sieve

being vetted for 

the last time

final sequence

spent

So sorry, so sad

Pink slip delivered

tristemente

in a brown bag

open it up

Nah!  

A  little later

mas tardecito voz

Ahorita voy

Can't bare the news

Can deal with it all

what I'm goin' through

WHATEVER

Movin' on

Vaya pues

To a theatre near you

Twinkle, Twinkle

Adios

Emergent Bilingual Poetry Translanguaging

Bilingue Emergente
Emerging from the Cocoon
By Maureen Ucles


Soy bilingue
Emergente
Not an emergency
Just me
I am
An emergent
Bilingual

Like the sound of
it
Kinda distinguished
Distinguida
Gave me an excuse
To be
Me
Solamente

All these years
batallando
con uno o otro
en mi mente
Mind games
It's one or the other
Ingles o Espanol
Watch it son
You might
get some
Spanglish
In your orejas
Stop that
This instant
But now?

Hey I am
beyond a disease
I am
Bilingual Emergente
Sounds sort of
elegant
Elegante
sofisticado
Ya know?

Not that dumb
after all
No burros allowed
in my crowd
You get me?
Say yes
Dile si,si, si (can't get the accents on Blogger)
Perdon

Ah!
 just my mind
Readin' off the English
Thinkin' in Spanish
What comes out of my mouth?
I am hungry
tengo hambre hombre!
Now famished!
Ya know?
Just chillin
Toma la suave
'Cause carne asada
Just met some burgers
and papas fritas
Mezclando con orgullo
cause ya gotta know
I am bilingue emergente
Proud to be
Simply
Simplemente
ME!