They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems Free Audiobook Download by David Bowles

David Bowles has a way of making words sing like the common songs they are. His poems speak to the lonesome longing of those left behind, but ones that have found an escape in writing and storytelling.

They Call Me Güero is a spoken word poetry collection written and read by David Bowles. It was originally published in Spanish and has recently been translated into English. The stories tell of the daily struggles of a Mexican-American boy living on the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo, who dreams of becoming a great bull rider and living in Texas.

This is a poem by David Bowles, a Border Kid who has been taking care of himself and his family with the help of border patrols and coyotes.

David Bowles is an award-winning poet and novelist whose writing on the border experience recalls the oral traditions of the indigenous people who live there. In his book of poetry, They Call Me Güero, David reflects on being a child of immigrants who faced language barriers and often racism growing up. His poems are about his own experiences in school, day to day life, sports, and love.

Güero is a young Mexican boy living along the U.S./Mexico border. His family is taken away by immigration officials and he is forced to live in a foster home. David Bowles tells Güero's story through poems about his experiences as a child migrant in the United States.

Güero is a six-year old boy who lives in the USA with his family on the Mexican border. He deals with racism and how he's treated differently because of his race and nationality. His poems deal with life at the border, being an immigrant, and struggling to find identity while being so close to Mexico.