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National Hispanic Heritage Month

This guide serves as an introduction to library resources, research, & information related to the U.S. Latinx / Hispanic community and heritage.

Poems

Selected by Poets.org

Ode to the Nod
by Elizabeth Acevedo
In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles
by Francisco X. Alarcón
Evergreen
by Oliver Baez Bendorf
a brief meditation on breath
by Yesenia Montilla
I Walk Into Every Room and Yell Where the Mexicans At
by José Olivarez
Ballad of Forgotten Places
by Olga Orozco
notes on the seasons
by Raquel Salas Rivera
Mexican American Sonnet
by Iliana Rocha
All of Us
by Erika L. Sánchez
On Translation
by Mónica de la Torre