Moriviví To have Died Yet Lived by Kamilah Mercedes Valentín DíazA moriviv is an actual thing, not a made up word. A moriviv is a plant which I became familiar with because it grows on mi islita del encanto. When touched it closes its leaves. Retracting into itself for protection. It also reacts in the same way at dusk. Like many Boricuas, growing up I would play with the moriviv, testing its instincts. I wonder if it ever got tired. I hope someone lets it rest. Much like the moriviv, I found myself closing up,

Amor entre aguaceros/Love between downpours is a bilingual poetry collection dedicated to all those who use their imagination to return to their countries of origin when migratory circumstances prohibit them from doing so

Pages From Within is a poetry collection that explores the depths of self-love and the gentle grit of self-realized truths

then nurtured with love and light

She is the Founder and Chief Merriment Officer of Off The Clocker

When touched it closes its leaves

Un Genuino Despertar abre

Diana is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents

mis ojos un par de rendijas iluminadas

we exist in countless phases

Alegría is currently a student at California State University of Long Beach working on her Bachelors and double majoring in Comparative World Literature and Linguistics

award-winning poet

and Yuba Sutter Art Gallery