The Prelude to Alma Mater II
Alma Mater II will be a continuation of my poetry series on my university and life experience. The second book will be divided into three sections, by language and topic, as follows:
Part I: Versos para decirte que también tu me amas (Español)
Part II: La Vie Continue... (Français)
Part III: It is all about us. (English)
However, Alma Mater II could appear as three separate books, as recommended by one of my publishing agents, one for each language. That agent had also recommended to publish each section in Alma Mater I, as a separate book, but I was enticed to publish it as a entire collection.
The contradictions and paradoxes in Alma Mater II will be significant, probably reflecting the difficult times we live today when the book is being written and compiled from other neglected manuscripts, not included in Alma Mater I. For the reader, the poetry in Alma Mater II should reach an important level of intimacy with the writer to attain real contact with the story told.
Here are some of the poems that are being written, edited or compiled from earlier manuscripts at the moment.
Poetry in Spanish (Poesía en Español)
VERSO LIBRE
Escribo un verso libre, sin ritmo ni métrica
para contarte lo oculto de nuestro secreto
te llevo ganador en mi pasos perdidos
te siento en el alma mientras me piensas de lejos.
Te agrada el silencio bajo la oscuridad de la noche
en que beso tus labios con la cadencia libre del verso.
Me gusta la miel de tus labios, me agrada el deseo
que tengo por tus caricias tiernas y tus abrazos de seda.
Me agrada el silencio en que callas sin aliento
y se lleva el ritmo del tango que bailamos una vez.
Me agrada el perfume que me trae la brisa marina y
me da cándido el recuerdo de mis dulces tiempos
la piel tendida al lecho, sudando profusa
romántico deseo, que va vibrando por dentro.
Y eres tu siempre, cercana, latente, viéndome
escribir un poema que trae el rítmo vano del viento.
EL CORCHO ATRAPADO EN EL VINO
El corcho se fue al fondo de la botella
sin romperse y sin dañar el vino.
Y pareció multiplicarse en miles con los reflejos
de la botella, oscuro, como si cada copia pereciera
así, cada uno de sus reflejos dio una versión nueva
del corcho, genética inútil, cándido corcho atrapado
en el jugo rojo del fruto de la vid y de la labor del hombre
y se fue resquebrajando con el tiempo, la luz se desvaneció
y la oscuridad tomó posesión, y sólo un lampo de luz
vibró a través del vidrio de la botella y volvió a mostrar
el cilindro destrozado por el alcohol, y añejado por el tiempo.
Mis amigos llegaron para decirme que ya no había más vino.
Desde entonces me he dedicado a la tarea inútil de sacar
el corcho de la botella, y entretanto, brillan sólo sus reflejos.
Poetry in French (Poésie en Français)
MON AMIE
Mon amie, je respire ton arôme d'un café colombien
sur tes yeux ouverts, je respire le désire qui te fait sourire
je respire sur tes yeux qui me font battre le cœur
sur tes yeux ouverts, je respire le désire qui te fait sourire
je respire sur tes yeux qui me font battre le cœur
et c'est toi qui me libère des amours d'autre temps.
Mon amie, je sens dans tes mains, sur tes bras
les amours des amis qui se sont oubliés de toi
et ces sentiments te touchent tout lentement
les amours des amis qui se sont oubliés de toi
et ces sentiments te touchent tout lentement
comme un amour mordu, fugitif qui ne revient point.
Je te reveille avec un poème, comme si nous avions passé
la nuit ensemble, unis, nous en dormant avec des rêveries
qui s'ouvrent silencieuses sur ton art en toutes les couleurs.
Je dégoûte tes vins au moment où je rêve d'un café parisien
où les jeunes gens se baisent passionnément, où la douce et
où les jeunes gens se baisent passionnément, où la douce et
l'heureux s'oublient du temps perdu en la grande fête.
Poetry in English
Second Class Man, First Class Woman
I do not have any class, you said one time
my class is in my heart and above all
yet we fly to our destiny together
as the mystic flower joins us forever.
my class is in my heart and above all
yet we fly to our destiny together
as the mystic flower joins us forever.
My French teacher said that verb souffrir
belongs to all groups, for everyone suffers
yet happy our bodies embrace one another
and the flower blooms a new sunny day.
belongs to all groups, for everyone suffers
yet happy our bodies embrace one another
and the flower blooms a new sunny day.
My class is in my heart, indeed, alone or with you
no sense to argue that you are of a first class
above all nature, like a white flower blooming purity.
no sense to argue that you are of a first class
above all nature, like a white flower blooming purity.
Class and style go hand on hand, shoulder on shoulder
like men who work hard, like women dancing at sunlight
our styles merge together, so only one style remains.
like men who work hard, like women dancing at sunlight
our styles merge together, so only one style remains.
The art and style of loving
Loving with style is not just about two beings
that lie on each other resting vividly in the soul
the art and science of love is in the feeling
the energy that flows like curves in artwork.
that lie on each other resting vividly in the soul
the art and science of love is in the feeling
the energy that flows like curves in artwork.
My words are the lines that color the landscape
that we both paint in order to create our best
we can be together, ah!, misunderstanding of dreams
daydreamer and sleepwalker, awaken to a new belief.
that we both paint in order to create our best
we can be together, ah!, misunderstanding of dreams
daydreamer and sleepwalker, awaken to a new belief.
Differences arise from our diverse expectations
but I can see in your smile and your bright eyes
the true happiness I can see nowhere else.
but I can see in your smile and your bright eyes
the true happiness I can see nowhere else.
It is not a matter of style, the art of love is natural in all
it flows with energy like lines in an abstract picture
where espresso blends all the blues you truly love.
it flows with energy like lines in an abstract picture
where espresso blends all the blues you truly love.
Celestial Blue
White and light blue lines blend into shapes
that I recognize come from your imagination
since something alike I have ever seen before
yet the words that melt the lines say love.
that I recognize come from your imagination
since something alike I have ever seen before
yet the words that melt the lines say love.
The lines are hard, assertive like your hands
arms that stretch your pencils each time
your finger vibrating under the espresso
served warm, exotic, in an cafe where we meet.
arms that stretch your pencils each time
your finger vibrating under the espresso
served warm, exotic, in an cafe where we meet.
It was my first dream before my verses
for it is my desire to always see you there
for before its begin a new year ends.
for it is my desire to always see you there
for before its begin a new year ends.
The hot tea is in your hands afront your art
now there are lines, the heat flowing
charming energy filling your breath and mine.
now there are lines, the heat flowing
charming energy filling your breath and mine.
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