New LSC member-Antonio “Tony” Alejandro Martin Gonzales

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Tony Gonzales

Antonio “Tony” Alejandro Martin Gonzales

Antonio “Tony” Alejandro Martin Gonzales becomes newest LSC fraternity member

Antonio “Tony” Alejandro Martin Gonzales is the newest and 13th member to be part of the Lambda Sigma Chi fraternity. He is an executive with a tortilla factory owned by his family-third generation management in Carrizozo, New Mexico.. He is 37 years old, and married for 15 years with a-family of three children.

Tony’s grandfather, Martin, started a restaurant, Al Caballero (The Horseman) with his grandmother in early 1950s using her mother’s recipe for tortillas at the restaurant after Martin returned from military service in World War II and businesses was good.  Soon other restaurants came, but the place became known for its tortillas, so they started just making tortillas as a small business for other restaurants who didn’t make their own, including franchises.  The company’s logo is a horse rider.

Business has grown into a factory employing up to 450 people and has an average, $8 million gross each year. Forty percent of  their market goes to local supermarkets, and 60 percent to wholesale markets such as restaurant and foods processors who make precooked Mexican meals.  Tony started working in factory while in his youth and while going to college, moved into lower management,  and  now he is an executive with the company.

Tony is sponsored by LSC member Christopher Benedict, who learned of Gonzales’ writing skills as an editor of a book publishing company.  Benedict is a former journalist, and suggested Tony become part of LSC.  The invitation was accepted, all members voted unanimously for induction into the unofficial organization.

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Here is his debut poem…

The worse thing in the world

The worse thing in the world
Is a poet who doesn’t write.
It’s a time when a vision fall short,
And wonder is longer in sight.
It’s a time when battles are over,
And there are no causes to fight.
It’s a time when blades of swords
Are stronger than a pen’s might.
It’s a time when love seems lost,
And there is no romance at night.
It’s when the obvious is common,
And complacency is considered right.

The worse thing in the world
Is a poet who doesn’t write.
it’s a time when people are too busy
And they are burdened by their plight.
It’s a time when troubles take time,
And the load carried is not light.
It’s a time when emotions grow
And tensions can remain tight.
It’s a time when the present is
Important and future is not bright.
The worse thing in the world
Is a poet who doesn’t write.

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Road Song

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A poem by Brother Paul Abernathy

Road Song

Maybe I’ve been on the road so long
that faces seem to look all the same,
but behind every little expression, there
is a different person with a special name.

Who are you and where are you going to?
I feel like I’ve see you somewhere before.
I’d like to learn why you’re so familiar.
I like your smile and want to know you more.

Maybe I’ve been on the road so long
that faces seem to look all the same,
but behind every little expression, there
is a different person with a special name.

We don’t have to start a perpetual affair.
I’d just like to hold you tonight.
My heart has to find a place called home,
and for a while, I’ll just feel fine.

Maybe I’ve been on the road so long
that faces seem to look all the same,
but behind every little expression, there
is a different person with a special name.

Love doesn’t give you time to think.
It’s an emotion and you can only react.
With love, you have it or you don’t.
No time to analyze it. and that’s a fact.

Maybe I’ve been on the road so long
that faces seem to look all the same,
but behind every little expression, there
is a different person with a special name.

To read about the other members of the Lambda Sigma Chi’s , click on the LSC logo at the top of this page or click here.

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Elias Tobias Poetry

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The Music Box

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A poem by Brother Christopher Benedict

The Music Box

A young girl, going on eight,
finds and inherits a worn
cloth-covered jewelry box. It
was used by her mother when
she was young.
It still plays “Over the Rainbow”
with a twist of a key.
The box remains sealed with
the girl’s imagination,
and the daughter’s dreams are
not limited to the contents inside.
Her mother is near, even though
she has gone away.
The music box may contain
only a few things, like a
favorite ring, however the
mother’s gift of love, unseen,
remains.

To read about the other members of the Lambda Sigma Chi’s , click on the LSC logo at the top of this page or click here.

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Elias Tobias Poetry

Did you know that Elias Tobias has published two books, and one is an anthology of 145 poems, and the other a short story murder mystery? For complete information about these books and how to purchase them, click here.. #etpoetry

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The Bicycle Ride of the Universe

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A poem by Brother Rufus McDougal

The Bicycle Ride of the Universe

We are all parts of the spokes of life,
and our e x t e n d e d arms and legs
support each other and all other living
things as the world spins balanced
in space.
Unsolved problems of one, left
unchecked, will throw the wheel off
line, and the world will rub against
the frame of the stars causing problems
elsewhere as we all take the bicycle
ride of the universe.

To read about the other members of the Lambda Sigma Chi’s , click on the LSC logo at the top of this page or click here.

Did you know that Elias Tobias has published two books, and one is an anthology of 145 poems, and the other a short story murder mystery? For complete information about these books and how to purchase them, click here.. #etpoetry

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The Calling

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A poem by Brother Karl Dobson

The Calling

Who are we, and what are we suppose to be,
that is the question.
Scientists have proved DNA plays a part,
and that a basic start.
Memories of once-forgotten fantasies stay
when we used to play pretend.
The world of the imagination could create
any nation from a look in a book.
All too soon expectations of society, and
others dreams become a reality.
In the middle of life, a signal from your soul
lets you feel something’s wrong.
In the mirror, your stare at your face, and
wonder if you’re in the right place.
There have been people who have lived
several lives upon this earth,
and changes happened, initiated by
a series of circumstances.
The days of our lives seem to be a constant
search of who and what we can be,
and sometimes we finding our calling.
Then we search for the knowledge of how
we can do what we want to do,
and this feeling within us drives us to make
the changes that need to be made.
Changes are made with challenges, and
feelings, time, and money are the costs.
Without these changes, though, I believe
the soul wanders, and the calling’s lost.

To read about the other members of the Lambda Sigma Chi’s , click on the LSC logo at the top of this page or click here.

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Elias Tobias Poetry

Did you know that Elias Tobias has published two books, and one is an anthology of 145 poems, and the other a short story murder mystery? For complete information about these books and how to purchase them, click here.. #etpoetry

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