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Selected Poetry

For Jimi Hendrix

An idle instrument 
Induces such sorrow
A longing to hear
The beat of a chord
--

The only time 
One could weep
At the sound of
The national anthem

Copyright © 2000 by Nancy Mercado​


From Here
           for Bimbo Rivas

My life diminished
Abandoned
​Lost between tenements 
Of scorching days
Dumfounded
Must contact
The missing persons bureau
Knock door to door
Circulate photos
To find you once more

Copyright © 2000 by Nancy Mercado



Prayer for Billy

Absent hours lend sorrow to a waking day
Time moves light across solitary asphalt
The metropolis turns silent
The hour grows longer
Multitudes invade city streets
Chaotic train stations spin out of control
The world is lacking you

Copyright © 2000 by Nancy Mercado
Reasons for Living with You

I lived with you
To discover
What destruction
Looked like

When you discarded me
I laughed in
Pouring hail
Crossed streets
In the middle
Of nights

Weary of time
In empty buildings
I watched
From outside
The flicker
Of candlelight
Through strange windows

Copyright © 2000 by Nancy Mercado



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​Mom’s Phone Call
​
My mother called today
Only to express her worry
Only to share her nightmare
Only to warn me
Of some impending doom
Only to say she begs nightly
To her Lord in the heavens
For my protection
Only to confirm her love

Copyright © 2016 by Nancy Mercado


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Photo Elizabet Velasquez

Selected Poetry on Line

Radius from the Center to the Edge, 2019

Luna Luna Magazine, 2017


Eco-Poetry Website, 2016

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LiVE MAG ! 2016

Casa de las Americas-Revista, Cuba #276, 2014

Konch Magazine, 2014

Napalm Health Spa, "Long Masterpieces of the Postbeats," 2013
National Public Radio, "Subdued Reflection on Sept. 11 Anniversary," 2011

​Napalm Health Spa, Report, 2011

Washington Post, 2011

Voices e/Magazine Letras,
​City University of New York, 2010


Napalm Health Spa, Report, 2008
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​A Gathering of the Tribes, "I Told You," 2004 

Selected Poetry Videos
Copyright © 2020 Nancy Mercado