You came to her unknowing
unknown
let her get under your skin
let her change you
with her you sing and dance
disregard time
stay out late
sleep in
smile, laugh
wander, marvel
release the strains
to which you had once become resigned.
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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 – Sopeña 10 – it would be so easy to find
except it wasn’t.
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Every morning I ascend the spiral stairs, coffee cup in left hand, right hand on the railing, counting each step slowly, mindfully – to greet the morning and the town from the rooftop terrace, chat out loud, in Spanish, to the neighboring dogs neurotic in their too-small rooftop spaces, gaze back and forth across the sea of colors that awaken, stretch, reveal themselves in their daily sun salutation.
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Te busco, soledad,
en el paisaje
donde habita en la sombra
mi poesía.
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I look for you, loneliness,
in the landscape
where my poetry lives
in the shadow.
-From Elogio a la soledad, Juan José Araiza Arvizu (1954)
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Red orange orb glowing low
a child’s ball rolled down the mountain
stopped in the crevice of the other side
before it could reach the only one here who could catch it,
La Pípila.
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