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LATINOPIA WORD ALARCÓN ON MONTOYA

September 29, 2013 by

 

A Poet Is a River

 

to José Montoya(1932-2013), Chicano poet laureate,

who decided to celebrate his book “InFormation: 20 Years of Joda,”

by reading poems at La Raza / Galería Posada in Sacramento,

on April 24,1993, the same day César Chávez passed away

 

a poet                      a poet                             a poet

is a river                  is a puff                          becomes

 

flowing                    of fresh air                     a table

unnoticed                in any room                   a guitar  

 

caressing                  a poet                             a house

stones                        is a mirror                     el barrio

 

moving                      a clenched                     speaks

silt from                     fist                                  in tongues

 

one place                   a bleeding                     brings back

to another                  nose                               the dead

 

carving                       a poet                            makes

canyons                      is a smile                       possible

 

all the way                 laughter                        dreaming

to the sea                   and tears                       in the fields

 

                                 © Francisco X. Alarcón

 

 

Un poeta es un río

 

a José Montoya (1932-2013), poeta laureado chicano,

quien para celebrar su libro “InFormation: 20 Years of Joda”,

decidió recitar poemas en La Raza  / Galería Posada en Sacramento,

el 24 de abril de 1993, el mismo día en que César Chávez falleció

 

un poeta                  un poeta                         un poeta

es un río                  es un soplo                      se vuelve

 

que fluye                 de aire freso                    una mesa

desapercibido         dondequiera                    una guitarra

 

acariciando             un poeta                           una casa

piedras                     es un espejo                     el barrio

 

moviendo                una mano                          habla

sedimentos              empuñada                         en lenguas

 

de un lugar              una nariz                            revive

a otro                       que sangra                         a los muertos

 

labrando                  un poeta                              y hace

cañones                   es una sonrisa                      posible

 

hasta llegar              lágrimas                               soñar

al mar                       y risas                                   en los campos

 

© Francisco X. Alarcón

 

 

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