I arrived late to the mind’s eye poetry group meeting and I interrupted a critique of a prose poem about a father tragically losing his finger in an lumber yard... read more →
My mother is a social worker who works in a hospital she makes daily visits checks her charts and shares small talk with the patients as she brightens up their... read more →
It started in 1949, when my oldest brother came home from school in Racine, Wisconsin after flunking kindergarten It said in his report card that he 'spoke no English' and... read more →
Oscar Mireles was invited to share some of his work at the Wisconsin Book Festival 2012. Here is his poem "Why Did You Name Me Javier?" with a short discussion... read more →
Omega School's Executive Director, Oscar Mireles, receives the Distinguished Service Award at the 2009 Madison Metropolitan School District Recognition Awards.