Author: Tony Robles
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Warehouse
A poem by Tony Robles
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Assembling a Wheelchair
And somewhere a wheel chair is being put together while a world tilts on its axis trying to find its bearings
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Open Heart
I just had open heart, he says We take the wheelchair from the bed of his pickup and the man’s wife sits in the truck On the dashboard is a red pillow in the shape of a heart
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Virtuous Spells Love
The Hendersonville Main library celebrated National Reading month on March 4th with an event that included great songs by the performer Virtuous, whose rhymes, rhythms and energetic personality got the crowd of kids and parents moving to the music and taking in her message that children should read, read, and read!
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Interview with Chumash Elder Joe Talaugon author of Mestizo Through My Eyes
Joe Talaugon grew up in the town of Guadalaupe in the Central Coast of California. His memoir honors his Filipino immigrant father, one of the early manongs, (Early Filipino immigrants to the US,) as well as his experiences growing up in Filipino culture with a man who was his stepfather
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Rise Up! Hendersonville, North Carolina remembers and celebrates Black History Month 2023
Tony Robles speaks to Alyeh Cady and Pam Suber, videos and photos by Isabel Cutler at the Rise Up! Black History Month Event at Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Hendersonville produced by Crystal Cauley.
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Why Carl Matters
Why does Carl Sandburg matter? Why does the wind or sun matter? Why do our struggles matter? Do the strings on a guitar matter? If the strings are broken, do they still matter? It all mattered to Carl. Black lives mattered to Carl as he chronicled the brutality suffered by black people at the hands…
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Henderson County School board member Stacey Caskey on unconscious bias in the Henderson County Schools
Tony Robles speaks with Stacey Caskey about unconscious bias for Listen & Be Heard.
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Interview with John Ariatti of Grow Our Own Teachers of Color, part two
Tony Robles interviews John Ariatti for L&BH.
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Interview with John Ariatti of Grow Our Own Teachers of Color Part 1
Listen and Be Heard speaks to John Ariatti of Grow Our Own Teachers of Color at a meeting on black equity in Henderson County Schools. His group works to increase the numbers of teachers of color in Henderson county by providing financial and educational resources to high school students of color who wish to pursue…
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Take Action! Healing the Unconscious Bias in the Henderson County School System with Deborah Ogiste and Crystal Cauley at meeting held at the Unitarian Church in Hendersonville, NC
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Thoughts While Eating Breakfast at the Waffle House in North Carolina
I’m starting to use words like sweetheart and darlin’ and the woman at the counter puts some scrambled eggs in front of me, calls me sweetie The workers stack the Texas toast, scoop the grits scribble down orders and take our dirty plates I sit and sip and scribble in a notepad and think of…
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Remembering Poet Al Robles and his love for Community (1930-2009)
Tony Robles remembers his uncle Al Robles on the occasion of his birthday.
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Happy Birthday Poet Al Robles (1930-2009)
Poet, servant of the people. How you served plates of rice and fish and poetry that stuck to the mind and nourished the heart in a place called Manilatown. Your love for the elders of our community was always true. You served the food of love and compassion amidst those who would come and pluck…
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There’s No Frigate Like a Book (Thoughts on Writing by a recent MFA Graduate)
Emily Dickinson wrote: There’s no frigate like a book. William Shakespeare said, For nimble thought can jump both sea and land. I think the sea is an apt metaphor for our endeavor—our art. Each time we sit down to write, we embark on a journey. We often times do not know what our destination will…