To Dante Alighieri
Who Gave Us All A Beatrice
My loneliness
does not know of downpours
walk the streets
and mixes with
the haze
that when
falling, kisses life.
My loneliness is
seen in Dante's mirror
in love with
that woman
her name is not
Beatriz
but it's the air
that reaches my lungs.
I don’t know
where i will go
yes, to hell
purgatory
or paradise.
It's me who
whispers in her lover's ear
a caress
the quiet moan
when out to sea
a verse and
routine make me pop a hundred.
My loneliness
pierces
the fire of the
nine circles
severely
nostalgic
with a mask in
his pockets
firm
without fear of
injury
because on the
reverse of the trip
Charon is
waiting for her.
Nobody dies of
tenderness
there are
abstract footprints
that stain the
pillow
When the night
goes out.
My loneliness
has the light of
the Divine Comedy
the light that
shines
beyond the eyes
of the poet.
Translation:
Leydis Díaz Hevia, Cuba
17 Miles
Leaving is not
saying goodbye
take a suitcase
and with the
voice muffled
spin time like a
roulette wheel.
Leaving is
having a hot tea
blindfold hope
and kiss every
memory
with lips
wet with tears.
From the
book: 90 MILES: SING OF AN IMMIGRANT, Stockholm Project, 2023.
Translation:
Leydis Díaz Hevia, Cuba
Soldiers Go To War
Soldiers go to war
with boots clean
as mirrors
and a family
photo
in some pocket
of the soul.
Soldiers go to
war
they know they
can die
fill their hands
with innocent blood
they know they
are puppets
with many
threads
over the head.
In front of
them, other soldiers
they have clean
boots
family photos in
pockets.
soldiers against
soldiers
they face…
They kill.
The soldiers
don't know which bullet was
that left a
stuffed animal injured
and a child's
shoe
under the rubble.
From the
unpublished book:
MY
GIRLFRIEND WEARS A PAMELA HAT.
Translation:
Leydis Díaz Hevia, Cuba
YURAY TOLENTINO HEVIA
YURAY TOLENTINO HEVIA. (Güira de Melena,
1975, Cuba). Poet, screenwriter, curator, art critic and producer. She
graduated from the Bachelor of Sociocultural Studies and Art Direction. Her
work has been published in different magazines, newspapers and poetry and
narrative anthologies in Cuba and the foreigner. She has published 5 the books.
She received the Master Poet World Poetry Day Award, 2023. Honorable Mention in
the First International Literature Contest Carlos Hugo Garrido 2022.
International Award "Tulliola - Renato Filippelli", in Spanish
language, 2020, Italy. VIII y X Edition of the International Award of
Excellence "Ciudad del Galateo-Antonio De Ferrariis", 2021 and 2023,
Italy. III y IV Premio World “Cesar Vallejo” 2022 and 2023, Cultural Excellence
Modality. World Golden Eagle Award, Artistic Excellence, 2023, Perú-México.
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