este libro es dedicado a la mujer mexicana

                        hembra chicana, 

     who so deservingly fights by her man, 

                       studies by him, 

                               migrates with him, 

                                        suffers with him 

      and is our wife, mother, daughter, sister, lover and 

                     novia ... all at once.

                      lalo 

                          len 

                             tiger 

                                  ricardo

                 

                     LOS CUATRO

                      Abelardo Delgado

                   Reymundo "Tigre" Pérez

                      Ricardo Sánchez

                Juan Valdez (Magdaleno Avila)

       Poémas y reflecciones de cuatro chicanos con almas 

       brotando el desmadrazgo, duelo, orgullo, corage, y 

       alegría en esto de ser hechizos de la raza de bronce

                       ... mas que coplas.

           Estos son gritos de liberación, chicanismo, carnalismo,

       machismo, y afirmaciones de la vida que los chicanos vivimos ....

 

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                   LOS CUATRO

                 TABLE OF CONTENTS: 4 Parts

   INTRODUCTION OF BOOK by Ricardo Sánchez.................II
   A.Abelardo Delgado.......................................2
        Introduction by Ricardo Sánchez.....................3
        Poems of Abelardo
        1. Icon.............................................4
        2. Total Conclusion.................................5
        3. Rojo.............................................6
        4. Metamorphosis....................................7
        5. Frontier.........................................8
        6. La Secre.........................................9
        7. The 13th........................................10
        8. Page 132........................................11
        9. Page 2 .........................................12
       10. Dicho y Echo....................................13
       11. Off From Toledo.................................14

   B. Reymundo "Tigre" Pérez...............................16
        Introduction by Ricardo Sánchez....................17
        Poems of Tigré
        1.      La Flauta..................................18
        2.      El Domingo Perdido.........................19
        3.      What Have You Done?........................20
        4.      La Familia.................................21
        5.      Cry, Cry Red...............................22
        6.      A Long Way.................................23
        7.      My World...................................24
        8.      To Venture.................................25
        9.      The Commoners..............................26
       10.      I'm the Man................................27
       11.      Human Leaves...............................28

   C.Ricardo Sánchez.......................................30
        Introduction by Abelardo Delgado...................31
        Poems of Ricardo/self-intro........................32
        1. Mutations-a story...............................33
        2. L. A. P. D......................................35
        3. METHODS OF......................................36
        4. tere............................................37
        5. we have.........................................38
        6. INDICT AMERIKA..................................39
        7. carnal tras rejas...............................42

   D.Juan Valdez (Magdaleno Avila).........................44
        Introduction by Abelardo Delgado...................45
        Poems of Juan
        1.      Who Am I?..................................46
        2.      Poem and Poem II...........................47
        3.      Vamos a Llegar Mañana and Dicen............48
        4.      Chicana....................................49
        5.      Sea of Freedom.............................50
        6.      Democracy Your Sister's a whore............51
        7.      The 16th...................................52
        8.      My Uncle Sam...............................53
        9.      It's Too Late..............................54
       10.      August 26, 1969: a letter to Lalo..........55