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44. The Belly of an Iguana
(Moreno, María Paz)
978-1-951370-16-9
One of the most interesting poets that has emerged in Spanish poetry over the last few years (…) her work is born out of a gaze based on a quiet, attentive stillness. It feels good to read her, like sipping from a potion that helps us recognize ourselves and conforts us while we look at the footprints left behind that are already beginning to fade.
Martín López-Vega
Author María Paz Moreno
ISBN 978-1-951370-16-9
Pages 89
Format Paperback
In stock
FIRST REFLECTION OF THE DAY
Arise every morning
when the room arises
flooded with light. The cordillera
undresses beneath the brume
like a Venus emerging from the waters.
May the day grant me peace,
clarity of thought,
may my silence be filled with words
precise and necessary
from the greenhouse
elevated like a miracle over the jungle,
where each day
new insects stretch out their wings
before taking flight.
May the grace of writing
also arise from my fingers.