Poesía

A narrative poem, in both English and Spanish, expressing the feelings while suffering from cancer as a guest at the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Tampa. It expresses the fear, anxiety, discomfort, sadness, happiness, hopes, and faith in God during the time of cancer treatment and afterward. The astonishment for the beauty, cleanliness, and comfort of the hope lodge, as well as deep appreciation and gratitude to the staff and volunteers that do almost the impossible to satisfy the sick. The ironic yearning of the place where the author passed his sick days and the desire to share...

Not since 1959 when Octavio Paz and Samuel Beckett published An Anthology of Mexican Poetry, has there been a collection which so thoroughly examines the poetry of the country known for being "too far from God and too close to the United States." Yet, as Elliott Weinberger writes in his introduction, "Americans know everything about God, but next to nothing about Mexico—few know that Mexico-particularly when compared to the United States-is a kind of paradise for poets." Reversible Monuments introduces this "paradise" to American readers. It includes major international writers like Alberto ...

En palabras de José Hierro, José María Muñoz Quirós sigue la vía del verdadero poeta: desprenderse de todo lastre que impida el vuelo (el primer puesto de lastre inútil reside en los adjetivos inútiles, de relleno para el metro o la rima). Sobrio, preciso y que, por poético, dice más de lo que dice... Y todo reaparece en la memoria entre luces, sombras, misterios de lo evidente, niebla, desconsuelo, desolación... hermoso sin afeites. Es pura desnudez del espíritu¿.

Glenda Silva Vaca nos sumerge en una íntima vastedad de sueños, paisajes bucólicos llenos de árboles y pájaros, preguntas sin respuesta, mudanzas de piel o de geografía. Todos iinvocados en el oficio de verbo transparente y profundo, sanguíneo y pensante más allá de las circunstancias.