Karl Michael Iglesias
battered new
maria pleads
six months for help
looking after maria
transplanted struggle
to put down roots in central
we are forgotten
people it's been almost
six months since maria
lures spring
to fund comeback
break maria
some good news
maria still pleading for help
six months
made maria victim
citizens yet not
american more
isolated maria won’t leave for main
land note onboarding
maria lingers into a disaster
like an afterthought
maria hits
demands history
division of sending
award maria
help in aims
inspire bow & arrow
attract council
power slowly
maria is better to roots
water return
300 dogs following maria
rescued from celebration exodus
maria nearly grows as island
struggles to rebound from maria
can't keep lights on
blows out
first seed to ever
settle maria
why maker
does restoring full
power seem like a never-ending
task skipped white
house still needs Maria
to visit aid relief
for maria unions clash
over proposed players
maria never before madness
after insane
seeded upset
we just believed
in each other
why shocking maria is better
will stand alone as gold
stunning recipe for maria
will change what is
in maria we are real
for one still dying
staying maria victory
validation effect
benefit from
a historic upset
art museums review maria
face recovery
locker after close
maria moves upset
post-storm chaos
face future uncertain
welcomes seed upset
club faces defeat
react upset
reunited maria flees
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Karl Michael Iglesias is an actor, director, and writer originally from Milwaukee, WI but has made a home in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he has continued his exploration of verse as a part of The BARS Workshop at The Public Theater in New York, where writers/performers develop new verse for the stage. His poetry has been featured at festivals such as Brave New Voices, Collegiate Union Poetry Slam Invitational, Hip Hop Theater Festival of NYC (currently HI-ARTS) and the Contacting the World Theatre Festival in Manchester, England. His poetry can also be read on Apogee, Words Dance Publishing, The Acentos Review and upcoming issue of The Florida Review. As an emcee (Oye) he has shared the stage with Anderson Paak, Mac Miller, Chance The Rapper, Ludacris, Wale and Kendrick Lamar to name a few. Karl is also a proud Urban Word NYC Poet Mentor and a member of the Actor’s Equity Association. Hip Hop.