The Parliament of Birds and the Canterbury Tales, The Journals of Christopher Columbus (During his First Voyage, 1492-1493), Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights: The Myths and Legends of the Pimas, Tartuffe - Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molire, Before the Birth of One of Her Children - Anne Bradstreet, By Night When Others Soundly Slept - Anne Bradstreet, A Dialogue between Old England and New - Anne Bradstreet, Candide - Franois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano - Olaudah Equiano, Narrow Road to the Deep North - Matsuo Bash, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey - William Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads - William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - William Wordsworth, Ode: Intimations of Immortality - William Wordsworth, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hymn to Intellectual Beauty - Percy Shelley, When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be - John Keats, Sonnets from the Portuguese - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Cry of the Children - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lord Walter's Wife - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" - Robert Browning, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking - Walt Whitman, Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Because I could not stop for Death - Emily Dickinson, A bird came down the walk - Emily Dickinson, The brain is wider than the sky - Emily Dickinson, Hope is the thing with feathers - Emily Dickinson, I died for beauty, but was scarce - Emily Dickinson, I heard a fly buzz when I died - Emily Dickinson, If I can stop one heart from breaking - Emily Dickinson, My life closed twice before its close - Emily Dickinson, The soul selects her own society - Emily Dickinson, Success is counted sweetest - Emily Dickinson, There's a certain slant of light - Emily Dickinson, Wild nights! I understand wanting a god who acts in visible ways and revolting against the idea of a god who allows people to suffer, seemingly without doing anything to help them. What does take on mean? Prayer/Oracion by Francisco X. Alarcon | Poetry Thursday - YouTube Here's a poem about G.O.D.Read it: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/prayer-56d2339a65102Timestamps0:00. Eliot, Why Is This Century Worse - Anna Akhmatova, Parable of the Old Men and the Young - Wilfred Owen, Mother Courage and Her Children - Bertolt Brecht, The Garden of Forking Paths - Jorge Luis Borges, The Negro Speaks of Rivers - Langston Hughes, from Notebook of a Return to the Native Land - Aim Fernand David Csaire, The Woman and the Flame - Aim Fernand David Csaire, A Little Ball Launched by a Dwarf - Cho Se-Hui, When the World as We Knew It Ended - Joy Harjo, An Arab Shepherd is Searching for His Goat on Mt. Or something your engage with (like an argument), or participate in (like a protest march). The God who loves forever, Is is something you undergo (like a disease)? Week 3: "Prayer" by Francisco X. Alarcn February 5, 2017 Before introducing this week's poem, "Prayer" by Francisco X. Alarcn (sorry, I couldn't figure out how to do the accent mark in the post title! de la historia, mi crimen In the end note he explained that sometimes the English came first, sometimes the Spanish was first, and sometimes they came together. Text Copyright 2005 by Francisco X. Alarcn. This book felt disjointed to me. It still reads to me (and this may not be what the poet intended) as portraying a god who isnt strong enough to save when the crunch comes. It may be by the color of the skin or the way they are dressed, and the landscape that is represented. Oh, how our hearts and minds are dazed, We see Your flesh in Marys womb, [15][16] Mundo 21 is considered the best Spanish textbook on the market. Your email address will not be published. The End and the Beginning - Wisawa Szymborska, 50. The poem on the title page is one of my favorites, "A poem makes us see everything for the first time." I want a God whos much more than any of these things, not one who by being involved in all these things is somehow (?) By Francisco X. Alarcn Translated by Francisco Aragn I want a god as my accomplice who spends nights in houses of ill repute and gets up late on Saturdays a god who whistles through the streets and trembles before the lips of his lover a god who waits in line at the entrance of movie houses and likes to drink caf au lait a god who spits I like your questions Mike. Eyes of a Blue Dog - Gabriel Garca Mrquez, 54. But clearly, Snake Poems is poetry, not ethnography, and the reflection it casts of the Tratado is nowhere near a mirror image. Immanuel! That we might see His loving. This book is perfect for a plug-in poetry lesson, and as an additional resource for a multi-cultural unit. From this, the reader can see that the Jaguar is able to respond to these claims directly. This is one of the things Alarcn is trying to address in the poem. To Those Who Have Lost Everything - Francisco X. Alarcn, Prayer To Those Who Have Lost Everything - Francisco X. Alarcn. TM & 2021 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. Change). Alarcs words also reminded me of that poem by Vinicio Aguilar that I posted here, of the God who comes down to be with us. The other line you quote: That which was not assumed is not healed; but that which is united to God is saved Im not sure what the word assumed means in this context.does it mean Jesus took on our humanity that kind of assumed? Or is it something else? And even Alarcon at the end is saying, I want a more godlike god. It was composed of a bunch of different poems all about spring. His style is considered minimalist, though lyrical, with short lines and stanzas. and gets up late Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Francisco Aragn; San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990), 9699. Our hearts are opened to You; [8] These later inspired the writing in Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen, 23. Pray with me a prayer of Baptism: Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. The poems were cute and the illustrations were very colorful. These books really grew on me. Selected poems, in both English and Spanish, relate to different food products, such as tomatoes, corn, and chiles. His poem. are beacons on the horizon. Francisco X. Alarcn (19542016) was an award-winning poet. I thought that provided a different quality to a book that I had never seen before. It offers the perspective in both English and Spanish through free verse poetry. 2002 The Arizona Board of Regents. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Richards article interviews four poets about their experiences with love poems in general, and writing love poems in particular. [4] His grandmother was a native speaker of Nahuatl. World Literature by Anita Turlington; Rhonda Kelley; Matthew Horton; Laura Ng; Kyounghye Kwon; Laura Getty; Karen Dodson; and Douglas Thomson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. Alarcn published poems in three languages: Spanish, English, and Nahuatl. Alarcn was born in California but lived in Guadalajara, Mexico from the age of 6 until he returned to California at age 18. My tongue is divided into two - Quique Avils, 44. [24] He did not use periods in his writing because he felt his poems were an extension of his life and a period would indicate the end, or his death. The poems are about food, family, and life. of ill repute to the last Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window), Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Tikkun OlamToMend the World: A Confluence of Theology and theArts, Descending on Humanity and Intervening inHistory. [2] Growing up in both the United States and Mexico and experiencing both cultures helped shape the kind of writing he would create. The Second Bakery Attack - Haruki Murakami, 75. This post is running long, so Ill stop there. and likes to drink Alarcn's god is not just dissatisfied with injustice; he/she is passionately, visibly fighting for justice: "a god/knocked/unconscious/by the billy club/of a policeman/at a demonstration/a god/who pisses/out of fear/before the flaring/electrodes/of torture." I am not sure what Alarcons personal views on Christ are, but in this poem he does indeed touch a nerve common to us all. cant and [11][12] Others questioned the police department's actions and felt that they were also homophobic. It lacked rhythm. Does one take on humanity like one takes on a job? The prophets sang Your coming, of his lover, a god "[25] It is also considered the first collection of Mexican-American poetry "wholly dedicated to the emotion of love. out of fear I did not love this book. Whilst all creation stares, amazed. When the World as We Knew It Ended - Joy Harjo, 40. Haven't signed into your Scholastic account before? One interesting aspect of the book was that after each poem that was written in English was then translated to Spanish. en donde Poet Adrian Blevins is quoted in the article as saying, The problem with love poetry is that it must be felt and written by humans, who never feel one feeling at a time. Want to create or adapt books like this? The sinful race made new in You, que florece To Those Who Have Lost Everything (2002), Prayer (2002), and Mexican is not a Noun (2002) were published in Alarcns 2002 collection The Other Side of Night [Del otro lado de la noche]. It's fun to see the poems in Spanish and English. I would use these planting images with younger children if my Latino unit took place in spring. From tortillas to chile, beauty is within it all. who spends nights As I previously mentioned I did not enjoy this book but that should not stop others from giving it a try. who whistles In this eternal holy Son. [6] During this time, he went to East Los Angeles College. (LogOut/ Wonderful fun poetry in Spanish and English! Permission arranged with Childrens Book Press, an imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, Inc., New York, NY 10016. We cannot tell the glory left [9][12] Later, Alarcn sued the City of San Francisco because of the trauma the investigation caused. At Stanford University, he studied contemporary Latin American literature. This poem connects to the fiction story "Good Enough. bone and (LogOut/ In the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25), He turns away supposed followers who were ungenerous in their daily lives, who did not clothe the naked, feed the hungry or visit the imprisoned. a poem. This is a great collection of poems for students learning English because the poems are written in both English and Spanish. In hamlet, vale and city. Visit here to read or download this work. This poetry book features many poems centered around spring in a hispanic culture. knocked Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Didnt get back to you on this, Jasonat the time my brain wasnt in the place to think about what you were saying. This beautiful poem connects perfectly to this issues fiction, Good Enough.. Francisco X. Alarc, Prayer in Body in Flames/Cuerpo En Llamas (trans. The article also includes four love poems, one by each of the poets interviewed, which is a nice bonus, if you choose to read the article! In 1985, Alarcn also became one of the founders of Las Cuarto Espinas, the first gay Chicano poets collective, which published the collection Ya Vas Carnal. a pyramid. on Saturdays, a god every bodya seashorea memoryat once lostand found. [2] An Arab Shepherd is Searching for His Goat on Mt. before the flaring [5], As a young adult, he moved back to the Los Angeles area. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems is a poetry picture book filled with 18 vibrant poems relating to the beauty of Spring. [1] Alarcon revised as necessary, cutting out anything he didn't feel added to the poem. Or if Your angels wholly wept. He died of cancer on 15 January 2016. We watch You walk in Spirits power Wild nights! [12] The actual murderer, William Melvin White, eventually confessed and Alarcn was cleared of all charges. [9], He taught at the University of California, Davis,[14] and is the co-author of Mundo 21, a Spanish-language method published by Cengage Learning. no se puede doesnt even have shouldnt 6. ), Fugazi (although I probably couldnt pick out the exact song from a lineup), and Personal Jesus (Johnny Cash version?). a hungry god Urgent Nuclear Prayer. Check back soon for more announcements and tutorials. According to the website for the Academy of American Poets, the poems explore mestizo culture and identity, American identity, sexuality, Mesoamerican history, and mythology. Alarcn won the 1993 American Book Award, Carlos Pellicer-Robert Frost Poetry Honor Award, Chicano Literary Prize, Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 1993 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award. I suspect that the reason people repeat words like assumed is that they are so vague they allow all sorts of assumptions (or is that assumings?) What does it mean to be both strong enough and weak enough to save? [5] The Fulbright grant also allowed him to travel to Cuba. So we are left with two open questions. You lead us to the living Rock. It seems to reduce God to the proportions of our own experience, making him as powerless as we are. Alarcn published poems in three languages: Spanish, English, and Nahuatl. And say as You lead homeward. It is a collection of poems about life and nature. todava viva (LogOut/ Wonderful fun poetry in Spanish and English! Just re-reading the piece by Frank Rees again and it seemed to me that this paragraph was pertinent to the poem: Nonetheless, the idea of God as companion has also to be developed, **lest it be taken to mean that God is reduced to the proportions of our own experience. Mother Courage and Her Children - Bertolt Brecht, 28.from Notebook of a Return to the Native Land - Aim Fernand David Csaire, 29. [17] Prompted by the response to this poem, he created a Facebook group called "Poets Responding to SB 1070", which grew to include over 1200 poems and received over 600,000 hits. Laughing Tomatoes/Jitomates risuenos: And Other Spring Poems/Y otros poemas de primavera. Rather, when God accompanies us in our suffering God continues to be God. an enraged god, a god My tongue is divided into two - Quique Avils, 44. In 1985, he published his first book of poems, In 1985, Alarcn also became one of the founders of, To Those Who Have Lost Everything (2002), Prayer (2002), and Mexican is not a Noun (2002) were published in Alarcns 2002 collection, Next: Mexican Is Not a Noun Francisco X. Alarcn, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Whilst here we tell the world Your love. I was looking for it to flow and it did not for me. God in our flesh forever, Bright and beautiful illustrations! 3a, 4a, 5a, 5b, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6g, 6h, 7a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f, 11a. 2002 Pura Belpr Honor Award, Danforth and Fulbright fellowships, 2002 Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association (BABRA), This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 18:16. Because God is a just God, and he is a kind, generous and merciful God. Francisco Aragn I also feel like an idiot for not realizing that these books each go with a season; one winter, one fall, one spring, one summer. He was one of the few Chicano poets to have "gained recognition while writing mostly in Spanish" within the United States. what Ive been He grew up in Mexico and the United States. Immanuel! enough for bus fare. This poem was originally published in the November 2019 issue. 2. - Emily Dickinson, "No, Thank You, John" - Christina Rossetti, The Poison Tree - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, The Story of an African Farm - Olive Schreiner, The Yellow Wall-Paper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Six Characters in Search of an Author - Luigi Pirandello, Field Hospital and Flying Column - Violetta Thurstan, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - T.S. Yup, its a poem, and not carefully constructed theology, agreed. The mystery of the Godhead [2] Alarcn felt that he became a writer when he was fifteen and helped transcribe his grandmother's own ballad-like songs. His grandmother's songs inspired him to begin writing poems at age 13and he never stopped. Reveals the roles social structure and financial class have in the poem. Visit here to read or download this work. This book could be used when teaching a multicultural lesson, and can be used as a way to introduce poetry into the classroom. It's about the changes in nature and the fact that there are so few areas left in the world that can be considered wild. A Poem to Get Rid of Fear - Joy Harjo, 38. The End and the Beginning - Wisawa Szymborska, 50. every treea brotherevery hilla pyramida holy spot, every valleya poemin xochitlin cuicatlflower and song, every clouda prayerevery raindropa miracle. This poem recalled for me Gregory of Nazianzus profound statement that That which was not assumed is not healed; but that which is united to God is saved (to gar aproslepton, atherapeuton ho de henotai to theu, touto kai sozetai). 'Prayer', by Francisco X. Alarcn I want a god as my accomplice who spends nights in houses of ill repute and gets up late on Saturdays a god who whistles through the streets and trembles before the lips of his lover a god who waits in line at the entrance of movie houses and likes to drink caf au lait a god who spits blood from tuberculosis and who waits in line At Stanford University, he studied contemporary Latin American literature. The illustrations in this book were very vibrant which matches the Latino appeal. By reading more poetry, I hope to both improve my own writing as well as my understanding of the world. Want to create or adapt books like this? Required fields are marked *. Laughing Tomatoes: And Other Spring Poems/Jitomates risuenos: y otros poemas de primavera by Francisco Alarcn celebrates an appreciation of natures resources: a boy wakes up to the morning sun warming his bed, there is an ode to corn, and a prayer for a fallen tree. All of the poems are in both English and Spanish. Modern World Literature: Compact Edition by Amy Jo Swing is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. Although its copyright date is 2002, this poem couldnt be more timely: as U.S. citizens, many of us are angry about the Wall, Trumps Muslim banin particular, its implications for refugees; we are anxious about the future of minority rights; we are enraged or confounded by the hypocrisy or seeming hypocrisy of religious leaders who continue to support a president with so many heinous, immoral qualities. Eyes of a Blue Dog - Gabriel Garca Mrquez, 54. like mirrors of water, understanding all, there's no mystery they can't solve. Flower Song / Flor y Canto / In Xochitl In Cuicatl. [7], In response to a group of students chaining themselves to the Arizona State Capitol on April 20, 2010, to protest the anti-immigrant legislation Arizona SB 1070, Alarcn penned the poem "For the Capitol Nine" and posted it to his Facebook page. ni se debe [25] Connection to his culture and language, both Spanish and English were important to him. This book is a book that will help students with bi-literacy. Immanuel! Poetry is a great tool to introduce any lesson when in a classroom, that way it molds the children to be accustomed to all kinds of poetry rather than fearing it (as I did growing up). Immanuel! Here are some more of mine. from jail They may begin a conversation but they often create as much confusion as they alleviate. ha sido ser What is the ontology implicit in humanity? World Literature by Anita Turlington; Rhonda Kelley; Matthew Horton; Laura Ng; Kyounghye Kwon; Laura Getty; Karen Dodson; and Douglas Thomson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. [2] He moved to Guadalajara, Mexico with his family when he was 6 and then moved back to California when he was eighteen. His grandmothers songs inspired him to begin writing poems at age 13and he never stopped. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. ), I saw this article, How to Write Love Poems by Jeremy Richards at the Poetry Foundation today: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/articles/detail/69223. We see the Fathers glory near By reading more poetry, I hope to both improve my own writing as well as my understanding of the world. In fruit You bear abundant. a holy spot. [4] His lyrical voice is said to move between "affirmation and self-erasure. The poems are funny and entertaining and the pictures are very detailed that tend to represent Latinos. While studying at Stanford, Alarcn became part of the area literary community and began doing poetry readings. Field Hospital and Flying Column - Violetta Thurstan, 10. florecer, soy All are characteristic of Alarcns style, written as a series of brief, unpunctuated verses with little capitalization. [21], Alarcn wrote poetry in English, Spanish and Nahuatl, often presented to the reader in a bilingual format. Remember, we are talking here about Jesus, behind whose back is no god at all. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. your eyes show me how to see again. Also, it could be used as a writing activity and helping students to write poems on their heritage. [4] Being able to speak more than one language was important to him and something he tried to impart to children and their caregivers. [10][13] Legal defense funds were raised, with Margarita Luna Robles organizing and leading the cause. de la historia, mi crimen I had no idea how much I needed Him till after He entered in. With joy and tenderness, delight and sadness, Alcarc n's poems honor the wonders of life and nature: welcoming the morning sun, remembering his grandmother's songs, paying tribute to children working in the fields, and sharing his dream of a world filled with gardens. "[22] He also thought that poetry is best read aloud. Great Shepherd of the needy flock of torture, a god Immanuel! Prayer Francisco X. Alarcn I want a god as my accomplice who spends nights in houses of ill repute and gets up late on Saturdays a god who whistles through the streets and trembles before the lips of his lover a god who waits in Read More Tags: poetry a fugitive god [4] Sometimes, the words he chose depended on language-specific concepts, such as gendered words in Spanish, which Alarcn played with in his poetry. unconscious [1] His poems have been also translated into Irish and Swedish. Along with each poem is bright colored illustrations to bring the writings to life. [9] The number of people who came to Alarcn's aid, visiting him in jail, speaking up on his behalf, praying for him showed how the Chicano community can come together during times of trouble. Chicano poet and educator Francisco Xavier Alarcn was born in Wilmington, California, on February 21, 1954. Alarcn taught Spanish at UC-Davis and co-authored the textbook Mundo 21, still a popular text, published by Cengage. all my life, un nopal Hmmmstill need to think about this one. My friend Geoffrey Bingham, put it like this: 1. Interestingly enough I wouldnt have read it as about Jesus specifically; but then, perhaps I dont make a distinction between God and Jesus when it comes to talking about God (or god). We could discuss planting and Latinos contributions to vegetable growing in the United States. Why Is This Century Worse - Anna Akhmatova, 17. The poems are poems that stand as such, completely on their own. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - Gabriel Garca Mrquez, 65. The Woman and the Flame - Aim Fernand David Csaire, 36. A Poem to Get Rid of Fear - Joy Harjo, 38. The book has elaborate illustrations that are very detailed and somewhat abstract. The illustrations, to me, make the book more fun to read. Theme for English B - Langston Hughes, 25. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Writing poetry has always been a significant part of my life; however, when it comes to reading poetry, I am a shameful slacker. Brown Love - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, 41. [12] His book, Tattoos, reflects his experience as being a murder suspect. una herida Immanuel! [22] His poetry is considered minimalist in style. But we know as does Job now that the god who is God is He who enters in. You are being redirecting to Scholastic's authentication page For more support materials,visit our Help Center. A unique aspect of this book is that every poem is also translated in Spanish. You walk our streets, and feel our pain So what sort of god is he looking for, after having listed all those other qualities. It is terrifically hard to wait at the foot of the mountain for the Word of the Lord, but I would rather wait in the dangerous quiet for what He truly is than grow desperate enough to worship a golden calf. In other words, when it seems like God is failing us by remaining silent, we need to be careful not to wish Him to be other than He is. I like its honesty, its penchant for identifying the God-man with fallen humanitys terrible problems, and I dislike it for its seeming failure to maintain the transcendent aspect/attribute which is so essential to the uplift and transformation of the desperate situation. [24] He said he tends to write his poetry on secretarial style, yellow blocks of paper by hand. They said that God would dwell with Man "Mexican" Is Not a Noun - Francisco X. Alarcn, 77. During his childhood, Alarcn straddled the line between cultures, spending time living with his parents outside of Los Angeles and his other relatives in Guadalajara, Mexico. Compact Anthology of World Literature: Part Six, Introduction to Modern World Literature: Compact Edition, 2. I need to go back and listen to the song, if only because Im curious to see if it makes sense for my mind to draw a connection between it and Prayer. But for all you rebels, heres a link to the Depeche Mode version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI. Toward the end, Reynolds writes, Gods name is holy, even when he seems silent. has been being and What is the process or action described by assumed? Next: To Those Who Have Lost Everything Francisco X. Alarcn, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. And gilt and misery and a special kind of hallucinating loneliness (says James Wright). [29], His poetry for adults is more nuanced and deals with issues involving same-sex relationships, violence and literary references. Immanuel! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. as my accomplice Personal Jesus is the main reason I felt so rebellious whenever I listened to the CD, as I figured my mom wouldnt approve. Learn more about how Pressbooks supports open publishing practices. (LogOut/ flourish, my crime He grew up in Mexico and the United States. in houses Want to hear this poem read aloud?Click here! This is one of the books I bought with the money two of our Esperanza board members donated for our Esperanza library. toda mi vida, your eyes show me how to see againlike mirrors of water, understanding all,theres no mystery they cant solvea single glance is more than enough, your eyes see, listen, touch, speak.are beacons on the horizonshedding light on shades of lifebeyond the reach of words, so I start to read your body,pausing at every mole, as ifthey were commas or periods, how I love to scribble on your chest,use the muscles on your back as linesyou and I are both page and pen, tus ojos me ensean de nuevo a vercomo espejos de agua todo lo entienden,no hay enigma que no puedan descifrarpues le basta y sobra una mirada, tus ojos ven, escuchan, tocan, hablan,son faros de luz que en el horizontealumbran la realidad de la vidaque queda ms all de las palabras, ahora me pongo a recorrer tu cuerpo,le doy lectura a cada lunar tuyocomo signo de pausa y punctuacin, cmo me gusta escribir en tu pecho,tener por renglones a tus dorsales:t y yo somos tan pluma como pgina, Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. like mirrors of water, understanding all, Sonnets to Madness and Other Misfortunes, III. 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