Having Arrived at the Stone Age By Tony Alcantara Carbondale(ish) If I must have a heart of stone, then let it be made of these stones each one broken stranded on a mountainside above a dry valley yet drawn together in a dance of concentric curves the emptiness diminishing between each successive iteration until, at […]
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Letters – April 27, 2023
Waving the red flag I’m with the Republicans on this one: no need for a national “red flag” law. I don’t trust the government. But, unlike the Republicans, I don’t think these things should be left to the states either. As a poet, I try to see things from the long view, and, as seen […]
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Poeta local escribe un mundo mejor en existencia
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Tony Alcántara lleva 10 años escribiendo poesía, publicándola bajo José Antonio Alcántara, su nombre legal. Conocido como Tony por sus amigos, explica: “Cuando empecé a escribir poesía, quise usar mi nombre legal, José, en lugar de Tony, porque estaba en este valle. Quería que los demás vieran que la gente que […]
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Letters – May 19, 2022
Coincidence or correlation? Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas. What do these states have in common? Each of them has passed “trigger” laws, such that, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion automatically becomes illegal in that state. What else do the states have in common? Each of them was a slave state. […]
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Local poet writes a better world into existence
Tony Alcántara has been writing poetry for the last 10 years, publishing poetry under his legal name — José Antonio Alcántara. Known to friends as Tony, he explained, “When I started writing poetry, I wanted to use my legal name, José, instead of Tony, because I was in this Valley. I wanted others to see […]