Valdez Straughter, Author at Minutes Before Six

Poetry by Valdez Straughter

Operation Gaza Release NOW!By Valdez Straughter Hard times in these last days But what is life…

That summer, around 1:30, 2 AM, I lay in bed, up on the third floor, with…

ChangeBy Robert Barnes It takes a lot to change when you already like who you are.…

Poem StoryBy Miguel Baez-Rios A few days ago, a lady came to ask me about who…

There were cockroaches everywhere, in the cupboards, in the drawers, and on the ceiling. It seemed…

From 1984 until 2002, I was housed on San Quentin’s death row before I was sentenced…

MisrepresentBy Daniel Porter Freedom! Where do I fit in the constitutional script!How can I stand by…

by Ramelle Kamack As an expanse of ghastly clouds veiled the light of afternoon, Chicago neared…

If You Walked in My ShoesBy Jimmy Seth You’d still walk through puddles full of painSee…

In 2002, I was arrested in front of multiple college students. The cops must have been…