“Every Day We Get More Illegal” by Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera reads his poem "Every day We Get More Illegal” as part of "Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community," a project developed by the Academy of American Poets in partnership with EDSITEment (edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan..., the educational website of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), during the NEH’s 50th anniversary year-long celebration.
Juan Felipe Herrera is the U.S. Poet Laureate. He also serves on the Board of Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets and is director of the Art and Barbara Culver Center for the Arts, a multimedia space in downtown Riverside, California.

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What a beautiful poem. Thank you, Juan Felipe, for the words of truth, words of power, words of love.

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Thank you.

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There is some of selfishness in touching another's need. In reaching out, my broken pieces float together for a time, For a time.

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i dont understand it. What does it mean?

[@angelico7025]

lástima que no se pueda oír el poema en la lengua de Cervantes.

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👍

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