Welcome to the new edition of our poetry-art.com web site. We hope you will like the new layout and interactive nature of this site. Here you will find updates about the release of our book Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives, upcoming events and activities, as well as information about how to arrange a poetry-art reading, workshop or traveling exhibit.
We've launched a new gallery of Reefka's artwork available for sale at reefka.com.
Please be sure to check this new site for a comprehensive viewing of her artwork and contact us if you are interested in purchasing a piece of art.
Recent and Upcoming Events
  • July 16, 2013 Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives Lecture and Reading.
    SMU-Taos, Taos, New Mexico (Colloquium series).
  • June 5-8, 2013 Panel on The Contemporary Narrative Poem.
    West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
  • January 19, 2013 Borderlines Poetry-Art Presentation
    School Reform Initiative Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
  • December 9, 2012 Holiday Poetry Reading. 6:15 p.m.
    Taos Community Auditorium, Taos, New Mexico.
  • October 27, 2012 Borderlines Book Signing. 1-2 p.m.
    Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas.
What others are saying about Borderlines...
“Hurray for Steve and Reefka and the magical work they are doing crossing fronteras.”
— Sandra Cisneros
“The poetry carries a grace and a toughness that are equally eloquent in the Spanish translation, and the drawings leave the reader entranced by the exquisite beauty of truth.”
— Carmen Tafolla
Click on book jacket to view video

Featuring 25 drawings in charcoal, conte crayons, and pastels, Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives (Fronteras: Dibjuando las vidas fronterizas) pairs portraits of people who live and work along the U.S.-Mexico border with bilingual poems that have been inspired by each of the drawings.

By placing poetry and art side by side we invite you into a world of image and word, figure and figure of speech. In a world in which borders continue to be sites of conflict and mistrust, we offer this book as a testimony to the people who live and work along the U.S. / Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley.