Poetry
(From most recent to oldest)
On the car ride home
A poem about living between two countries (Mexico and the United States) and the toll it took on children. Dedicated to my sister Griselda Aldrete.
“Too often forgotten”
Too often there’s a specific group of womxn forgotten, erased, ignored, and unnamed in the disappeared. Here, an elegy + film for the millions of missing and murdered womxn worldwide on International Day of the Disappeared (8/30). May their names never be forgotten, erased or ignored.
[video image: a series of black and white photos narrated by the poem "Too Often Forgotten" by Diana Aldrete]
All photos used in the video were obtained under fair use and royalty free from Pexels.
#internationaldayofthedisappeared #nomorestolensisters #feminicidios #femicides #niunamas #niunamenos
Return to Self
Performed at A Little Bit of Death V as part of Long Wharf Theater’s “One City, Many Stages”
Written during quarantine and showcased at Free Center’s first Safe Spaces Exhibition in Middletown, CT
Short Stories
(Currently working on a collection of short stories; more soon.)
Los charales
A story about returning to a place of origin and discovering a feeling of alienation.