Carlos Ponce Melendez
Carlos Ponce-Meléndez poems have appeared in The Dreamcatcher, The Poet, Voices Along the River, Desahogate, Small Brushes, The Texas Observer, El Angel, Celebrate, several anthologies and numerous Spanish magazines. He also teaches creative writing at schools and community centers.
An old man looks for a way to keep his mind sharp
Short story
29 October 2024
An old man looks for a way to keep his mind sharp
Niko loved supermarket lines. It wasn’t so when Niko arrived at the U.S. as an engineer for an automaker plant.…
Is this a fantasy?
Surrealism
5 September 2024
Is this a fantasy?
This is a vision of the future of humans if we learn to live in peace.
How did I sleep?
Poem
25 March 2024
How did I sleep?
How did I sleep?Badly, as far as Gaza is from here, I could hear the cries from children without limbs,…
Perverse calories
Short story
4 September 2023
Perverse calories
As Troy Warriors, perverse calorieshide inside aromatic chocolates with horsey figures,bleeding stakes, unlucky lobsters, and pedigree wines.It’s a plot to…
Poems to Alzheimer’s
Poem
6 August 2019
Poems to Alzheimer’s
As a tribute to all the people who suffers this terrible illness, and to all the people who have a…
Lo que yo sé es que no sé nada
Other stories
30 July 2019
Lo que yo sé es que no sé nada
Viviendo en el futuro, tratando de evitar contratiempos, Joel convirtiĂł su vida en una pesadilla. Siempre pensando que hacer en…