Most of the poems included in this collection were previously published, and are reprinted by permission of the author:
“Why Did You Believe” in Boardwalk (2000).
“Writer” in 3rd Muse (2000).
“Pico Boulevard, October 1972” in Perihelion (2000).
“The House” in Red River Review (2000).
“Hidden in Abuelita’s Soft Arms” in Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers (Lee & Low Books, 2001).
“Outside the Box” in A Writer’s Choice (2001).
“Blood, Frogs” in RealPoetik (2001).
“Barrow’s Goldeneye” in bound (2001).
“Gato” in Eclectica (2001).
“A Good Job” and “Green Soldier” in Red River Review (2001).
“The Slack-Jawed Night” and “Lindy” in The TMP Irregular (2002).
“Western Wallflower” in The Hornacle (2002).
“St. Francis Dam, March 12, 1928” in The Copperfield Review (2002).
“On the Hill” and “Tezcatlipoca’s Glory” in LatinoLA (2002).
“Sad Gray House” and “Brown Bomber” in muse apprentice
guild (2003).
“King,” “Crossing the Border” and “Georgina S. Francisco is a Friend of Mine” in Poetry Super Highway (2004).
“Papa’s Car” and “Reading Bukowski in San Pedro” in LatinoLA (2004).
“Woman Gets Probation in Child Neglect Case” in PULSE (2004).
“Sisyphus Explains” and “West Coast Jazz Marriage” in The Poetry Victims (2005).
“Letters to Norco” and “Las Dos Fridas” in Indiana English (2006).
“La Tormenta at the Lost Souls Café” in LatinoLA (2009).
“¡Xicano!” in La Bloga (2011).
“Papa Wrote” in La Bloga (2012).
“Slip Dream” and “Wonder Bread” in Red Savina Review (2014).