ALICIA MINJAREZ RAMÍREZ

ALICIA MINJAREZ RAMÍREZ

Nocturnal Sun

There, where the wind fades away

the sky waves its own branches

retouching icy mornings

in the shades,

blackbirds and pigeons flapping

and disturbing the sky.

I aimlessly wander through.

Every corner evokes

spiral lines of perpetually

ever written sonnets,

unveiled brides

blur the color lines

upon vacant altars.

I become chrysalis

under the chaos of progress.

I extend my hands

and find only emptiness.

Where do these streets lead me to?

I try to jump over my shadow,

gradually move

from green to yellow…

Exorbitant looks

lacking everything

and nothing at all.

In the swinging mist

every step reflected upon

its own reflection,

when the twilight expands

I force myself to take shortcuts

that lead me nowhere.

Broken hearts,

moon’s usurped glow,

yielding ghosts

to the impregnable shine

of window cars.

Stillness moves,

static seconds,

silence declines,

I emigrate with no belongings;

brittle and gloomy spectrum

de-kernelling good-byes.

My mind is on hold,

stars cry about

humidity’s shortage

and eclectic rains,

my voice drowns.

Blink away

the ethereal fire of my eyes.

I release myself from prejudice.

I release myself

from body and soul

as nocturnal sun

amidst the desert.

© Alicia Minjarez Ramírez

TRANSLATED BY: ALARIC GUTIÉRREZ.

Breath Of Light

To my beloved angel

Mute allegory of clouds

Feeling my cedars’ roots,

Designing the path;

Song of blackbirds and orioles,

Stunned chimera permuting

Fertile figs and pomegranates.

Musical waterfalls

Permeate thick

Alders and chestnuts,

Ethereal decline;

Antioch’s legacy

Rinses and distorts

Coasts, olives and vines

Over the Patara’s coastline.

Emir necromancer

Descends from

Bare meadows

Revealing seeds

To quench the moon

In the subtle geography

Of my own shadows.

Your eyes light up

The awoken clay

Of jade and honeysuckle,

Moistening poems

To clear the air

Of the past hours.

Imprecise and concrete trail

Upon the wind of days

That intertwines our dawn.

A brief breath of your light is enough

In the abyss of my night.

© Alicia Minjarez Ramírez

TRANSLATED BY: ALARIC GUTIÉRREZ.

Mundane

Among sweet and bleak

A perfect intersection;

Between desire and darkness.

Between magic and the divine

Spiritual mundane I am.

Uncertain contrasts

Break blueprints

In the desert,

Replacing emotions

At every corner.

Dresses up with dreams,

Carrying nothing more.

A single name directs my life,

Dancing naked in the dark;

Amongst alchemy and agony.

Mundane I am in your own reality.

© Alicia Minjarez Ramírez

TRANSLATED BY: ALARIC GUTIÉRREZ

ALICIA MINJAREZ RAMÍREZ

ALICIA MINJAREZ RAMÍREZ: Poetess, Translator, Singer, University Professor,  Broadcast locution Radio and T.V. She is an internationally renowned Mexican poetess and author who has won numerous awards including: The Nobel Laureate Kobi Rabindranath Tagore Award, India 2019. The Excellence Prize in the World Poetry Championship Romania, 2019. Literary Prize of unpublished poetry "Tra le Parole e L'infinito", 20th edition, Italy, 2019.  Honorary Doctorate granted by International Forum of Creativity and Humanity I.F.C.H 2019, based in Morocco. Awarded with the EASAL medal by the European Academy of Sciences and Letters, Paris, France 2018. Awarded "Pride of the Globe" WNWU, Kazakhstan 2018. Honorable Mention in the category: Foreign Poetry, of the International Prize Poseidonia Paestrum, Edition XXIV, Italy 2018. Awarded "Universal Inspirational Poet", Pentasi B. World, India 2017; Winner of a special mention and a medal in the International Poetry Prize NOSSIDE Italy 2015, recognized by UNESCO.  Awarded with the IWA BOGDANI Albania Award, 2016. Awarded with a Third Place category French Poetry in the International Poetry Prize "Sous les traces de Léopold Sédar Senghor" at Milan, Italy, 2016 recognized by ONU and UNESCO.  Winner of a mention in the International NOSSIDE Poetry Prize, Italy 2016. Awarded "Universal Inspirational Poet" Pentasi B. World, Africa, Ghana 2016. Her poems have been translated in 20 languages and published in more than 160 anthologies, magazines and newspapers around the world. She speaks: French, English, Italian and Spanish.