Yo le he dicho ¡sí! al amor

Don Juan Facundo Quiroga es un cancionero tradicional argentino anónimo. En él se narra la vida y muerte de Facundo Quiroga, caudillo argentino de la primera mitad del siglo XIX, partidario de un gobierno federal durante las guerras internas en su país, posteriores a la declaración de la independencia.

La poesía se levanta con los días. Se alimenta de las luces y las sombras, del tatuar en la memoria, los lunares en las pieles, entonces aparece, la mirada del transeúnte, olores que viajan hacia el pasado, el olvido de la sangre, sin medir al tiempo. Cada voz guarda sus palabras en las manos del viento, las deja allí a la merced de otras voces que perpetúen su encuentro.

I am discovering the love that I have for myself. I am finding comfort in being alone. I can take all that time to better myself and my craft. Both entities I have mentioned are improving tremendously. I have made a lot of mistakes, yes. I have said a lot of things that I had no business saying, yes. Through those errors is where the true growth comes in. I'm glad that I was singled out, or not paid any attention to. It gave me all the motivation that I needed. Thank you.

Poetry. Asian American Studies. POETA EN SAN FRANCISCO is the winner of the highly prestigious James Laughlin Award for 2005, awarded annually from the Academy of American Poetry and the only prize for a second book of poetry in the United States. Although Reyes' first book was not as widely known as the first book of many of the other eligible poets, the judges nevertheless courageously chose this risky, radical, and deserving second book put out by an energetic but very small publisher. Reyes received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, where she also served as Editor-in-Chief of...