Archive for 'Poetry'
Santuario de lluvias
por Maria Angélica Urbina Herlitz Me detengo ante cortinas de lluvia, que anuncian una fachada solitaria flotando por follajes salpicados de cielo. La cubierta inclinada en agudo despegue rompe viento y cordillera. Una boca de [...]
Give me a Grandparent
by Ute Carson On her wedding day my daughter turned to me and said, “Thank you for giving me a grandmother.” Through tranquility and turmoil grandparents bridge the decades as the oil in their lamps [...]
Our love lost poet has writer’s block
by Seraphina Malinche Dear Editor, I can’t write a poem because I feel stunted. My creativity has detached from me. This weekend I realized that I’ve broken up with the man I loved. I didn’t [...]
Alfonsina Storni: su vida, su poesía y el mar
por Julia Hones Escrútame los ojos, sorpréndeme la boca, Sujeta entre tus manos esta cabeza loca; Dame a beber el malvado veneno Que te moja los labios a pesar de ser bueno. Pero no me preguntes, [...]
Dunas
por Maria Angélica Urbina Herlitz Soy arena en la inmensidad. Huí de los informes lapidarios para ver el astro rojo seduciendo nubes. Desvío el juego de apostar verdades a mis espaldas. Enfrento la música del océano [...]
Words, Words, Words
by Vivi Rathbon Words are a tool and a trap, Expression and limitation. What is the point of using words to express indescribable sentiments? Confusion converted into prose is just that. Circling confusion diffracts infinitely. [...]
Recordando a Gabriela Mistral
por Julia Hones El 7 de abril es el aniversario del nacimiento de Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957), escritora y educadora chilena, ganadora del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1945. Fue la primera mujer Latinoamericana que obtuvo [...]
De Turno
por María Angélica Urbina Herlitz Rondan impacientes figuras anónimas cifras erradas. Soy la Ley sobre el tapiz de lamentos. Trasgredo normas indecisas con piedad temblorosa ante un anciano desheredado. Tras el escritorio pregunta el humilde [...]
Afterglow
by Ute Carson In our youth sex was a whirlwind, passionate and quick, in the backseat of a car or in Aunt Helen’s linen closet before the family Thanksgiving feast. Invigorated, we dashed off to work, [...]
Sugary Soliloquy, Inspired by My Cookie
by Seraphina Malinche I returned to my city and was reunited with my beloved. We went to the zoo. We drank stolen Manhattans. And then, when the night was almost over, I bought an Alfajoreo from [...]
The Gringo and the Harvest
Fernando Botero’s paintings of torture at Abu Ghraib prison
Thought-provoking...
Give me a Grandparent
I am blessed with 7 grandchildren. I am making copies of this poem t
Give me a Grandparent
As I spend more and more time with more and more wonderfully different
George Orwell’s other Novels
In Latin America, kids don't read Orwell. I wish they did.
George Orwell’s other Novels
Animal Farm and 1984 are about any kind of dictatorship, not just comm