Rio Hondo College
Division of Communications and Languages
River's Voice
A Journal of Art and Literature
Copies of River's Voice
are available
for purchase
in the Communications Office, Room A-219.
Volume 8, Spring 2007
Table of
Contents
Miriam Arzuyan, Untitled / 5
Paul Cabrera, It Happened to Me / 6
Tom Callinan, For Every Asshole in the World to Read / 8
Tom Callinan, Litterbugs / 9
Enrique Castro, A Flag for a Son / 10
Misty Cervantes, Times Again and Again / 11
Gabriel Carrasco, Peggy / 12
Susan Elizalde-Holler, Indelible / 18
Esther Celis, [La maison où j’ai grandi] / 19
Adrian Cobian, Cousin Mountains / 20
Miguel Dominguez, Oui, je sais [Yeah, I know] / 21
Anthony Cruz, Dying Wish / 23
Marie Eckstrom, et al., Pure of Heart, Good of Deed / 24
Shelly Anne Ferrari, When Did I Become Ma’am? / 27
Paul Lumsdaine, Ode to the Immortal Keats / 28
Thomas Garcia, Untitled / 29
Alicia Hernandez, Dream Kitchen / 30
Luis Huerta, La Causa / 32
Diana López, A Solitary Evening / 39
Wendy Gonzalez, The Entertainer / 40
Melissa Meza, August 2, 1692 / 41
Karina Mariscal, Los Angeles is a Vibrator / 45
Justin Myrick, Untitled / 48
Randy Navarette, A Lesson Learned / 49
Randy Navarette, But of Corpse You Can / 53
Randy Navarette, It Writes Itself / 56
Katie O’Brien, White Dog Up Close / 60
Randy Navarette, About 9 a.m. / 61
Kenn Pierson, Our Son Takes a Hollywood
Agent / 62
Kenn Pierson, When the Kids Change Their Walk
So Their Pants Won’t Fall Down / 62
Michael Rascon, A Down-Word Spiral of Light / 63
Painting above: Raymond Paul Ventura, "The
Cubist Life"
Michael Rascon, Hermosa / 64
Andrea Rodriguez, Stone / 65
Michael A. Rodriguez,Tara / 66
Pedro Rodriguez, The New Beat Generation / 67
Pedro Rodriguez, Baptism of Spit / 68
Rebecca Romo, Best Friends Forever / 69
Celina Salazar, Another Love Poem / 70
Celina Salazar, Upon Absent-mindedly Observing Things
That Are Beautiful #22 / 71
Andrew Smith, Host / 73
Mario Santa Cruz, Somewhere Lost / 74
Jorge Santellanes, Georgedamus (Prophesized in 1999) / 75
Jon Sera, Sam the Snail / 76
Laura Solis, La espera (The Waiting) / 77
James Kelly Tapparo, II Exploitation Peak / 78
Jenna Thanarajakool, Kids in China / 79
Andrew Smith, The Castaway / 82
Michael Triolo, Clara Vaughn / 83
Michael Triolo, The Coffee House / 87
Deane Swick, Summer Tree 88 / 88
Katrina I. Valarao, 6. / 89
Raymond Paul Ventura, The Cubist Life / 90
Rodrigo González Velarde, The Fix / 91
Anthony Viramontes, A Strong State of Mind / 93
Anthony Viramontes, The Tick / 93
Ray E. Williams, Sand / 94
Luis Yepiz ,Coffee Shop Stories / 95
Curtis Wright, Bill Matheson / 96
Alice Yuan, Pool Game with Christie / 97
Steven Zapata, Frankie’s Song / 100
Steven Zapata, Teeth / 103
Ron Christie, Doorway, Changshu, China / 108
Cover art: Crystal Maes, Ribbons