LEO ACOSTA

 

 

Anathema

 

The world…

does not spin.

It tangles.

Curved lines,

knotted into a sphere,

like a thread ball

woven by a spider,

confusing this world again and again.

It gathers the curse…

like mustard seeds

thrown on the sandy sidewalk

by an ocean that breathes

in and out

on infinite shores.

The sea never cleans

the pestilent garment

worn by this devouring existence.

A thunder of lost voices

in a stripped, naked space…

The atmosphere...

has been swept away.

 

Antagonistic

 

Antagonistic

The color black

and white,

day

and night,

the sun

and the moon,

low

and high,

heaven

and hell,

good

and evil,

sweet

and bitter.

Differences...

they invite me

to find it.

Why not look for the similarities

and make them a discipline?

 

LEO ACOSTA

 

JULIO GARCÍA CHAVARRÍA

 

LEO ACOSTA: Leo Acosta is the pen name of Julio García Chavarría, born in southern Nicaragua, Central America. He is a contemporary writer and poet whose work addresses women, his country of origin, and social themes that deeply concern him. His writing explores the human condition, existence, and the limits of perception, blending philosophical and abstract elements into a poetics that intertwines introspection with universal imagery and the paradoxes of reality. His poetry invites readers to reflect on life, infinity, and the complexity of human experience. In Nicaragua, he has published Escritos de Júpiter (2014), Nicaragua, mi voz y mi pensamiento para vos (2016), and Nicaragua: Herencia, cultura y tradición (2018). In El Salvador, under the publishing house Navegando Sueños, he released La abuela Nico cuenta (2017). In 2024, he published the chronicle Carmen la Negra and the poetry collection Mujer divina y etérea through Amazon. He has participated in the Virtual Festival of Poets of the World (2022 and 2023), organized by the Writers Capital Foundation, by invitation of the Mallorcan writer and painter Joan Josep Barceló y Bauzá. He has also contributed to international anthologies and literary magazines, including Poetic Anthology: Arte Senza Frontiere and Prodigy Magazine, edited by writer Zlatan Demirovic, as well as publications promoted by the World Academy of Culture and Literature, based in Brazil. His recognitions include an honorable mention at the International Academic Lucius Annaeus Seneca Prize for Contemporary Literature (2023), second prize ex aequo at the International Literary Art Award Cygnus Aureus (Italy, 2024), and mentions in international literary competitions in Italy during 2024 and 2025. He is a member of the World Academy of Culture and Literature (WACL) and serves as director and host of the cultural program Actualidad Cultural, broadcast online by Radio Satélitevisión and Americavisión.