Mikeas Sánchez

Photo by Wendy Call

Born in Chiapas, Mexico, in 1980, Mikeas Sánchez is an Indigenous Zoque poet, translator, educator, radio producer, and activist. She holds a master’s degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is the author of six books of poetry, and co-founded the award-winning Zoque organization zodevite. WLT nominated her poem “Jesus Never Understood My Grandmother’s Prayers” for a 2014 Pushcart Prize.

We Are Millions

Autumn 2019
Mikeas Sánchez

The Weapon is Sharing (This Machine Kills Fascists), by Cannupa Hanska Luger, ceramic, 2017. Photo courtesy of the artist. The Zoque and Spanish originals of this poem appear in Mike...
Two Poems

September 2014
Mikeas Sánchez

Photo by Marjan Lazarevski Jesucristo’is Ja’ Ñäjktyäj’ya Äj’ Tzumama’is Kyionuksku’y Äj’ tzumama’is ja’ myuspäkä’ kastiya’orenatzu’ jyambä’ä ngyomis’kyionukskutyamnatzu’ xaä’ tumä nabdzu’jyambäu...