– For Joe José Raúl V I rechristened myself. A name I failed to use, known only by one man: tall with a large unbroken heart, deep sonorous voice, a new third passport, a can’t-find-his-home wanderer, he comes and goes, visits familia, returns to his rechristened country, explores. He uses all his names. He uses […]
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Sunflower Marisol Sunflower
Posted in Acceptance, Andalucía, Identity, Isolation/Belonging, Spain, Sunflowers on May 17, 2023 | 1 Comment »
Santa Justa Sonata
Posted in Music, Relationships, Spain, Travel on July 29, 2022 | 3 Comments »
Waiting to board for Cádiz, in the slate gray Sevilla Santa Justa lobby, I am surprised to recognize where I am. I have been here before.
Welcoming the house guest
Posted in Painting, Spain, Travel on February 14, 2022 | 2 Comments »
– For José María García Payán, El Sueño de Julia The wash machine is next to the fridge. It is in Spanish, but you will figure it out. The light over the stove doesn’t work but there’s a nearby bulb.
Crown lullabies/Nanas de la corona
Posted in Fairy Tale, Guanajuato, Poetry, Spain, Writing on March 27, 2020 | 3 Comments »
Nanas de la Cebolla (Onion Lullabies), by Miguel Hernandez, 1939, was composed while the poet was in jail after the Spanish Civil War. It was sparked by a letter from his wife, where she told him that she only had bread and onions to eat, and that both she and his child suffered from severe […]
The Father-Daughter Dance
Posted in Dance, Daughters, Death/Loss/Grief, Fathers, Spain on February 22, 2020 | 2 Comments »
——-Dedicated to the 116 people laid to rest in the seemingly forgotten Cementerio Israelita, in El Cementerio de San Fernando, Seville, Spain. It pained me to know the end I wanted to ghost you to let you slip away as if there were nothing more to say as if your diminution from once being the […]