it comes down
to our vision versus theirs
Our dreams vs theirsand there’s more of Us.osmani ochoa is a queer Mexican-Xicano poet, organizer, and writer whose art centers on migrantfuturism, world-building, and acts of resistance.POETRY BOOK: RELEASE DATE JULY 31
“How to Survive an Asthma Attack in a Climate Apocalypse”
In a collapsing world, breath becomes rebellion. In How to Survive an Asthma Attack in a Climate Apocalypse, the body and the Earth become twin landscapes of destruction and renewal, moving through chronic illness, political grief, heartbreak, and reclamation.
Traversing ruin in search of repair, these poems imagine futures “free of international / Boundaries and colonial conquests,” grounding hope in tenderness, ancestral wisdom, and radical dreaming.Tornadoes churn in the chest, tectonic plates fissure beneath the feet, and every inhale becomes an act of endurance in a world shaped by colonialism, border walls, racial violence, and environmental catastrophe. From the bedridden child who longs to be filled with air to visions of renewal carried through “Cuauhtémoc’s prophecy / that the Sun will shine again,” Ochoa’s work insists on the possibility of healing even in the midst of devastation.
For readers who carry deep political conviction, live with chronic illness, or know the ache of loss and longing, this chapbook offers an intimate meditation on being human, and how breath—and breathlessness—reminds us that we are alive.
Publication Date: 7/31/2026. Abode Press.
Copies will officially be distributed in early August.
meet osmani ochoa
Photo credit: Chris Summitt
osmani ochoa (he/they) is a queer Mexican-Xicano poet based in San Antonio, Texas.
His poems navigate landscapes of survival, resistance, and hope, aching for full and unhindered liberation. They tackle wealth inequality, capitalism, migration, climate destruction, racism, colonization, and empire, while offering counter-narratives of resilience grounded in family, love, and community.
“[Osmani’s poetry] reads like a cosmic manifesto. Weaving science-fiction, politics, pop culture, and an alternate history, [his] work is scathing, yet sweet, epic, yet deeply personal. A can't-miss work from a unique voice.”— Pedro Iniguez, author of Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future
“Osmani's poems take us through landscapes of survival, resistance, and hope… The possibility of a new dream and a new reality bolstered by the bonds of family, love, and community.”— César L. De León, author of Speaking with Grackles by Soapberry Trees
