Quiéreme Rota

Poesía, la realidad está llena de grietas que nos permiten respirar, pero ¿qué esconden sus esquirlas?

"RENOVATIO" is the 3rd collection of Bonafide Rojas & the 2nd publication from Grand Concourse Press. This collection of poems deal with the beauty of reinvention in life & in art, coming of age, dealing with death, fatherhood, the impermanence of our mortality, the realization of interconnectivity & the quiet beauty of solitude. "It's difficult to explain what Rojas has done in RENOVATIO. Like pulling a rabbit from a hat, it seems impossible to yank words from the stronghold of self like he has. But unlike pulling a rabbit from a hat, this is not an illusion. This is not a trick. Rojas...

This famous and universally loved poem for daily living has inspired many generations of Buddhists and non-Buddhists since it was first composed in the 8th century by the famous Indian Buddhist master Shantideva. This new translation, made under the guidance of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, conveys the great lucidity and poetic beauty of the original, while preserving its full impact and spiritual insight. Reading these verses slowly, while contemplating their meaning, has a profoundly liberating effect on the mind. The poem invokes special positive states of mind, moves us from suffering and...

El poemario consiguió un accésit del Premio Adonáis 2021, entre otras razones «por su transparencia y aparente sencillez», como señaló el jurado. Dividido en dos apartados, con un poema de contraste por medio («Ninfea»), el poemario se mueve entre las referencias amorosas de la primera parte y las inevitables pérdidas humanas de la segunda: eros y tánatos en juego. Así, los textos iniciales hablan de experiencias de amor a través de las cuales el autor descubre el desconsuelo, si bien vinculadas en algún momento a lugares geográficos de resurrección luminosa, mientras que los...