Chicana Chumash poet, Lorna Dee Cervantes reads her new poem, “Nothing Lasts” inspired by a line in Doug Peacock’s book, Walking It Off, “Nothing lasts but the land.” brTo read this and other poems, visit her at her home blog where she kicks off her spelling shoes and stops professing at LornaDice. You can also read mostly poems at her MySpace blog, “The Poems. The Whole Poem. And Nothing But the Poem.” To order her new book which is actually 5 books in one beautiful clothbound edition, DRIVE: The First Quartet directly from her click here and include order, dedication and shipping information. Thanks for listening. “Gracias a la Vida” – Violeta Parra Lorna Dee Cervantes Less

Poet Lorna Dee Cervantes reads a new poem, “A Viet Nam War Poem (The First Draft)” written December 6, 2006. Visit her blog at lornadice.blogspot for this and more poetry, prose and news. You can also visit her at MySpace and read the poem on her blog there. Less