Danzando con el Silencio - Florilegios.

Publicado en colaboración de la Diputación de Valladolid. En Engaño progresivo el verso y la prosa poética se combinan para narrar una atípica historia de iniciación. El nuevo adolescente, conectado a internet e inmerso en un entorno referencial, no pierde su inocencia con la dignidad acostumbrada, sino que sufre la doble marginación de sentirse inadaptado en su propia vida y en una realidad artificial. La literatura, el cine y la música son los anclajes de un yo marginal cuyos miedos determinan la naturaleza de sus relaciones (especialmente la historia de “amor artificial” con el ...

Francisco Bustos eloquently writes of Colonia Ruiz Cortinez and Barrio San Ysidro, waiting in la linea to be scrutinized by U.S. Customs officials, and of the bi-national journey of living both in the United States and Mxico. His melodic tone defies the fast-paced world of schedules, while being actively engaged in the moment, and then fleeting down another street to encounter another tale. As es la vida qu no?, Bustos says, As es. Michael Cheno Wickert focuses mainly on living in the barrios of Southeast San Diego where life often turns toward violence and suspicion is commonplace. It is a...

Esa mirada ¡sí! Maestra de tantas cosas, de expresar mil sentimientos, de entrever con sumo acierto, las emociones, afán, amor, pasión, sensaciones, vida, querer y estar, tus deseos de encontrar que se han logrado saciar.

Heaviness. Time nullifies the present, it poisons future words. Actions repeat themselves: I breathe the same air, the same place the same memories. Heaviness. In Los dioses sí hablan (The Gods, in Truth, Speak), Claudia Quackenbush voices her encapsulated feelings and experiences that she has enjoyed since her marital romance—maternal expressions, sociopolitical thoughts, even her intimate memories, sending the reader to a world of love which breaks barriers and envelops time. Through her poems, one can envision a love for God and nature, peace, optimism, nostalgia, illusions, desire, as...