Marlena Maduro Baraf
The immigrant is working
The immigrant is working
The immigrant is working
The immigrant is mopping
The immigrant is washing
The immigrant is busing
The immigrant is cooking
The immigrant is serving
The immigrant is sowing
The immigrant is pruning
The immigrant is learning English
The immigrant is hand-picking the fruit
The immigrant is drowning
The immigrant dismembers a turkey
The immigrant is raped
The immigrant is soothing your baby
The immigrant is lifting the old man
The immigrant is re-making the bed
The immigrant is sleeping in a van
The immigrant is hiding
The immigrant is painting a house
The immigrant is bused to another state
The immigrant is mopping
The immigrant is mopping
The immigrant's plane ticket is paid for
by the city he's leaving
The immigrant is working
The immigrant is working
Bio
Marlena Maduro Baraf was born and raised in Panama and left for Los Estados Unidos when she was fifteen. Her writing is colored by this dual identity. She is author of the memoir At the Narrow Waist of the World and co-author of the chapbook Three Poets/Tres Poetas. Marlena's poems have been featured in the Ekphrastic Review, Night Heron Barks, On the Seawall, Poets Reading the News, and others. She writes the newsletter Breathing in Spanish, where she interviews immigrants from all walks of life. https://breathinginspanish.substack.com
IG: Marlenamadurobaraf.