poesía – Fake Flamenco

bilingual, En español, Nature, photography

Tales of a Wayward Nest

Sunday, a woven pile of evergreen twigs floated to our back stairs. No bird was home. Was it like the twister that brought Dorothy to Oz? Could they click their little red heels together to return? Historia del nido veleidoso El domingo, una colección de ramitas de pino se lanzó a nuestras escaleras detrás de […]

Architecture, bilingual, En español, Nature, photography, Spanish Culture and Language

West with the Wind

I drove northwest to Minnesota last weekend. This was my first solo trip of the year. I relaxed, read and learned about a town that was more important to my family history than I knew. Conducí al noroeste, a Minnesota el fin de semana pasado. Era mi primer viaje a solas del año. Relajé, leí […]

bilingual, En español, writing

Flamenca Poetry Challenge December 2021

A week until the solstice and our poets are ready, manuscripts in hand; seven Flamencas from four countries. I appreciate the thought provoking and meaningful Flamencas our poets crafted. This was a new form for most of us, and I applaud their daring in accepting a novel structure and rhyme scheme. Beautiful poetic musings on […]

bilingual, En español, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

December 2021 Poetry Challenge

First, I’d like to thank the poets from the previous month’s challenges. I’ve enjoyed reading your poems in 2021! For December, we’ll write poems about the equinox, solstice, or change of seasons in English or Spanish. The form for this month will be the Flamenca. Reto poético de diciembre 2021 Primero, quiero agradecer a los […]

En español, Spanish, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Reto poético de junio 2021

Vuelvo de un viaje de cuatro días para el entierro de mi tío Peter en Arizona. Escribí un poema para conmemorarle que leí en el funeral. Como está muy presente en mi mente el celebrar la vida de alguien, este mes el Reto poético es para escribir un poema conmemorativo. El tema puede ser personal, […]

bilingual, En español, Nature, Spanish Culture and Language

August Poetry Challenge: Nonets/Reto Poetico de Agosto: Poema Nonet

Our August poetry challenge was to write a nonet on nature or the seasons; a nine line poem with a descending number of syllables. The participants have cooked up some beautiful images for you. Six wonderful poems, in the order they were received. I’ve made a loose translation for all of them to the other […]