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This collection of poems were written during the early 2000s by migrant farmworkers participating in the Geneseo Migrant Center's Creative Artists Migrant Programs Services (CAMPS). The writings were facilitated and translated by poet Janine Pommey…

This poem, by Ophelia Bailey, shares her wishes that she could do more with her life like going to school to be a nurse or teacher. Bailey states that she wants to go into those occupations so that she can help people no matter their age or other…

This untitled poem, written by Jerline Dobson talks about how her right foot was broken once, yet, never fixed. She talks about when the cold weather comes it starts to hurt and it reminds her of the time she broke her foot. Later in the poem, it is…

This poem by Charlie Jr. Spinks speaks about how babies do not have to worry or take care of themselves while adults do. Spinks states how they sometimes wish to be a baby so they wouldn't have to stress about anything and their life would be easier.…

This poem, written by Pedro Cervantes, displays the circumstances that migrant farm workers are put in daily. The poem explains in detail how Cervantes himself, obtained bumps from the grass the previous day while working on the farm. Yet, it was…

This series of poems was created by various migrant workers on farms across New York that worked together with the Geneseo Migrant Center. The poems were organized in this collection by Sylvia Kelly, the director of the Creative Artists Migrant…