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 […]
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Crown lullabies/Nanas de la corona
Posted in Fairy Tale, Guanajuato, Poetry, Spain, Writing on March 27, 2020 | 3 Comments »
And if I found you?
Posted in impermanence, Love, Poetry, Spain, Writing on December 2, 2019 | 1 Comment »
I seek out the street that shares your name amble behind the bull ring alongside the Guadalquivir across the Puente de Isabella II past the restaurant where we ate poorly-fried tapas when we weren’t hungry.
I was set to write about you, Love
Posted in Existential, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Love, Poetry, Writing on November 7, 2019 | 3 Comments »
I was set to write about you, Love – packed the computer, cord, notebook scarf and jacket for the late afternoon winds I now expect housekey that remained only once while I explored for hours headphones for the rare treat of music centuries newer than stone streets laid in 1554 the address for La Erre […]
The Fortune Teller
Posted in Birds, Existential, Travel, Writing on January 26, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
I placed two octagonal centavos in the vendedor callejero’s weathered brown hand. He opened the door of the two-tiered cage underneath an intricately carved wooden castle to release the light yellow canary. It hopped onto the embroidered Mayan cloth toward a box overfull with colored slips of paper folded and numbered packed like tea bags […]