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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Remember that day?

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  I remember her gloomy eyes, red nose, pale face, and a couple of tears running down her cheeks. I remember how she screamed at me, and I remember how I screamed at her. I remember all the lies, but mostly, all the truths. I remember how we fought that day. But I can’t remember how I lost my...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  beloved corpse

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  I heard when the gun fell to the ground. I couldn’t realize, at first, that it had been my fault to see the blood-stained rug in which lied the corpse of my beloved....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Dream

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  This is a dream I dreamt. I dreamt it as I slept on the floor of my apartment. A man in another land; shovel in hand, working under another man’s command. A family to sustain, some kids to educate, and a job to maintain. I wanted to wake up and this dream to end, so I could meet ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Sound of Silence

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  That sound wouldn’t let me sleep. I heard it again and again. There was no one around. No one moving. No one talking. No one laughing. And to think about it made me shiver. I could hear rumbling drums and a marching band. I could hear cars passing by. I could hear a baby cry. But it wa...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Is there a Mexican Dream?

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  Opportunities. That is the first word that comes to my mind when I hear the word “America”. The United States of America is a nation that has been recognized for giving its citizens the opportunity to achieve the “American Dream”; a dream which consists mainly of a varied range of opportunit...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Have you ever been... deported?

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  Have you ever worked hard to achieve something? Have you ever felt what it feels like you are doing things the right way? Have you ever thought that your life just can’t get any better? Have you ever felt what it feels like to be on top of the world? Have you ever felt what it feels like to he...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Poetry of "The Deportados"

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  Remember, remember, the third of November La Migra treason and plot; I know of no reason why La Migra treason should never be forgot. La Migra, la Migra, ‘Twas its intent to ruin my family’s success attempt, put my parents down below, the Mansilla brothers still to come. No God’...
• Hot Topics > Letters to the Editor
  Pursuing the Mexican Dream

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  I want to thank “Tania” for writing in ­response to my article, “Pursuing the Mexican Dream,” even though I don't think she understood some of my points. “Tania” found my article “unsettling” ­because I mentioned that my mom had been mistreated by the immigration authorities who ...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  Nothing I could do

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  Stand up against bullies? Are you serious? They are going kick my butt! I have seen this so many times before; I’d rather be bullied than to get hit by bullies that are way stronger than me. Wait, what did I just say? I am not the only one who has been bullied. I am not alone in this. Many of ...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  What could I do?

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  What could I do? I saw my friend on the ground, I knew what had happened. Our peers were always pushing him around and laughing at him. It had always been that way, and he would never do anything about it. I decided that was the moment where I would take my stand. I came to my friend and helped ...
• Opinion > Points of View
  Pursuing the Mexican Dream

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico

  I was worried. My brothers and I had been waiting for two hours for my mom to arrive. We were supposed to meet her an hour after school, at 5 p.m., at the bus station. She hadn’t arrived or called. It was October 22, 2010. At about 8:30 p.m. my dad called my brother’s cell phone. He said that...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Pursuing the Mexican Dream

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, McAllen, TX

  I was worried. My brothers and I had been waiting for two hours for my mom to arrive. We were supposed to meet her an hour after school, at 5pm, in the bus station. She hadn’t arrived, and she hadn’t called us either. It was October 22nd, 2010. At about 8:30pm my dad called my brother on th...
• Poetry > Haiku
  High in the sky

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, McAllen, TX

  Fly up in the sky There is no need to be high Keep your chin up high...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Like Shakespeare

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, McAllen, TX

  Like Shakespeare I'd write dramas and comedies if a playwright I was....
• Opinion > Discrimination
  Discrimination

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, McAllen, TX

  Discrimination is a sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or against another person of a certain group in consideration based solely on class or category, even though I think that the discrimination among the distinct people's races is just how people show their little abili...
• Opinion > Discrimination
  Discrimination

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, McAllen, TX

  Discrimination is a sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or against another person of a certain group in consideration based solely on class or category. is exactly what a dictionary says, but I think that the discrimination among the distinct people's races is just how ...
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  Smile

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  Sax :P

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  My Christmas Picture

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  Me and Rebbeca

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  CO2-Dragster

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  El Campanario

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  Teotihuacan

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  El Caballito

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico
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  Little Boy

  

  By MateoMansillaMoya, Reynosa, Mexico