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Joe Navarro, Literary Vato Loco

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Literary Vato Loco, retired teacher, word muralist in search of a better world that includes peace, equality, equity, respect for earth and social justice for all people.

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Oh No(em)!

Noem is
Suddenly
Out of sight
Out of mind
Under the
Protection
Of his
Pardon

#poem #poetry

05.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does Peace Mean War?

In who’s mind
Does peace
Mean war?
Obliterating
Iran’s nuclear
Capabilities
He says
Then waging war
In the name of peace
While hovering
Above oil reserves
Blood for oil
Again and again
That’s what
Imperialists do

#poem #poetry #war #imperialists

28.02.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

KKK Nazi MAGA
White nationalists
White supremacists
Fascists
All the same
The south
Post reconstruction
KKK Texas Rangers
US fascists
Before Mussolini
Before Hitler
Home grown
Time for a change

22.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How can
There be
A united
Nation of
People if
People are
Not united?

22.02.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A paper
With words
Inscribed with
Noble ideals
Evident truths
Proclamations
Of freedom
Of rights
Only amount
To paper
Empty words
In truth
When none
Of it matters

22.02.2026 02:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There would
Be no
Democracy
Fulfilled
In this
Nation
Without
African
Americans

22.02.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He wants
To punish
Everyone below
Billionaire greed
For his
Narcissistic failures

22.02.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tariffying Tariffist 

He is tariffying! 
Trying to have 
A tariffic time of it
He chooses to tariffy
Because he can
But neighbors 
To the north and 
Neighbors to the south 
Don’t want to be tariffied 
By the tariffist
Consumers’ buying power 
Will be reduced 
Because of this 
Untariffic idea

©️ 2025 Joe Navarro

Tariffying Tariffist He is tariffying! Trying to have A tariffic time of it He chooses to tariffy Because he can But neighbors To the north and Neighbors to the south Don’t want to be tariffied By the tariffist Consumers’ buying power Will be reduced Because of this Untariffic idea ©️ 2025 Joe Navarro

20.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
BlackCommentator.com February 25, 2016 - Issue 642: Intersections - A Poem By Joe Navarro, BC Guest Commentator BlackCommentator.com is an independent weekly internet magazine dedicated to the movement for economic justice, social justice and peace. - BC Provides commentary, analysis and investigations on issue...

Intersections

I am the configuration
Of complex social relations
Stemming from traditions
Rooted in resistance to oppression… (read more)

#poem #poetry #intersections

blackcommentator.com/642/642_inte...

16.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joe Navarro (@joenavarro2) A Border? They almost forgot que nosotros estΓ‘bamos aquΓ­ por mucho tiempo. I almost forgot that we have been here in esta tierra desde antes de la frontera. There was no border until they constr...

A Border?

They almost forgot que nosotros estΓ‘bamos aquΓ­ por mucho tiempo.
I almost forgot that we have been here in esta tierra desde antes de la frontera. (Read more)
#poem #poetry #border

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16.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Abolish ICE

Abolish an agency
That rounds up
Dark skinned people
Violating civil, human and
Constitutional rights,
Everyone, anywhere,
Kidnapping, brutalizing,
Murdering, terrorizing
Separating families
Masked, armed
Ordained by a criminal
In the tradition of the KKKlan
Yes, abolish ICE!

08.02.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They hurl doubts
Frequently and often
Casting doubts
Knowing that
Their followers
Unquestionably
Accept doubts
As truths

04.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can say
Without
Hesitation
With a
Clear
Conscience
That I
Did not
Vote for
A pedophile
For president
But I know
For sure
That
Too many
People did

02.02.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Clarification

Let me offer
This clarification
That before
Colonialism
Or MΓ©xico
Or before USA
That some of
My ancestors
Had already
Been in this
Hemisphere since
The beginning of time
We didn’t migrate
From distant shores
Though now
We are called
Immigrants in
Our ancestors’ lands

β€”Joe

01.02.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Taking to the streets
Audaciously acting
As if they own them
Wrestling them away
From billionaire claws
Declaring justice
Human rights
Dignity
For people
Whose only crime
Is desiring humanity

25.01.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TODAY USA

Hurt
Suffering
Pain
Brutality
Kidnapping
Blood
Sweat
Tears
Groans
Humiliation
Dehumanization
Oppression
Repression
Bigotry
Fear
Lawlessness
Fascism
ICE
USA

23.01.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

19.01.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.01.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.01.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Choose
compassionate
humanity,
not political
insanity!

17.01.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In memory of Renee Nicole Good

11.01.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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United Front
#poem #poetry #unity #solidarity #struggle

11.01.2026 05:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ―πŸ‘‡

06.01.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

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Don’t forget!

04.01.2026 06:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#BedroomEyesPrompt #promises #poem #writing #writingcommunity #wildwalkprompt #snow #Cassiopeian #intentions #sonnet
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social
@southernjam.bsky.social

03.01.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I would cross
empty cities and
unmarked roads
with no map
but the pull
of your name.
Distance becomes
a suggestion when
you are waiting.
I would travel
through weather,
doubt, and dark
just to stand
close enough
to feel your breath.
Anywhere becomes
home the moment
I reach you.

#vss365 #travel

30.12.2025 23:00 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t want
fireworks or
resolutions
or a calendar
heavy with
promises.
All I carry into
the new year
is a quiet dream
of your hands
choosing mine
without hesitation.
Let the months
be ordinary
and the days
unremarkable.
If they end
with your love,
I already have
everything.

#vss365 #poetry #dream

31.12.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?

03.01.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 34617 πŸ” 9979 πŸ’¬ 2189 πŸ“Œ 638

He cares so much about the people in Iran that he’s ready to kill them.

03.01.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0