LUISA CAMERE QUIROZ

 

 

A Bulb Without Flowers

 

Who broke its petals 

that couldn’t absorb 

the crystal / its dew 

agonizing without rain / without love 

that couldn’t grow 

free like a bee in honey 

 

What did they do to my child? 

His roots couldn’t 

take hold of the earth 

they didn’t let him grow 

they broke his stems 

soulless hands 

he couldn’t walk / or see 

 

I weep for all these stems 

in buds without flowers 

the cruel bombs and missiles 

suffocated them with smoke 

they fell, charred without life 

 

I hear their cries / their sorrows 

in their own buds 

tainted without petals 

torn apart one by one 

without maternal embrace 

 

Who could be so cruel? 

Only lifeless bulbs remain 

brittle / voiceless 

Drowned 

in their own tears 

Oh! My God 

such anguish 

tears my heart apart 

without blood / beats 

nor dreams / shattered games 

only bombs / war 

sprouts without breath 

 

They weren’t allowed to spread 

their scents in the fields 

Why so much hate / power / dehumanization?

 

Love, How Much I Love You!

 

When my eyes meet yours, 

I feel my soul race 

in an explosion of love, 

tiny pieces of sky 

sailing in the clouds 

to other seas and oceans. 

Oh! Magical moment, 

two lighthouses merge 

in a collision of tick-tocks, 

magnets in the dizzying 

spin of planets in orbit. 

 

It's an attraction, 

the gazes don't demand, 

they aren’t sorrowful, 

they believe / they are faithful, 

they wait for the silent blink 

of a second 

to steal a kiss 

under the crescent moon. 

 

It's a connection, 

a vibration / a clash of waves 

that shakes your essence, 

through your crystalline eyes, 

like a bride's veils, 

they shimmer restlessly 

when they notice your intense gaze, 

a raging sea, 

in constant effervescence, 

like a volcano in eruption. 

 

It's a complicity, 

a seductive moment. 

Just by looking 

your eyes told me everything, 

without touching / without kissing 

or merging 

your body with mine. 

You brought a change to my life, 

to the orbit of your flight, 

a distant circuit 

of circles in a veil. 

 

With just these words, 

"Love, how much I love you!" 

When my eyes meet yours...

 

Dance at The Carnival

 

Scent of salt / of rusted iron 

gentle breeze / melodious whisper 

wraps me in a tulle shawl 

I surrender to its embrace 

I quietly climb each path 

that leads me 

to its calm / its gentle sway 

 

Impossible not to be seduced 

the rhythm of its dance tunes me 

they are celebrating / all are dancing / 

all are shining 

they shine under the reflection of the sunset 

soft strokes of shades 

lilacs / blues / torn 

like a flashing lightning bolt 

that briefly ignites 

treading its masquerade dance 

masks of fleeting glimmers 

 

Suddenly everything blurs 

they continue with their dance 

a ballet en pointe 

from "Swan Lake"

no more lines can be seen no more horizon 

everything

is made perfect 

 

in magnificent unity 

no more lines or edges 

no islands / no islets 

only sky / ocean 

in perfect symmetry / harmony 

 

The Carnival transported me to its grandeur

 

LUISA CAMERE QUIROZ

 

LUISA CAMERE QUIROZ: Born in Lima, Peru in 1951, she graduated from the National Institute of Education INIDE as a Primary Education Teacher, studied her Bachelor of Education at the University of San Marcos, and validated her studies by obtaining a Credential for Director of Early Education Programs. Starting out as a teacher, director and Area Manager of six educational centers in Orange and Ventura Counties in the state of California, United States. She emigrated with her husband and her children 31 years ago, but she never forgot her roots, her culture, her family. She returned to her homeland ten years ago, living between two worlds, traveling to the United States to celebrate traditional and family events. In her golden years she dedicated herself exclusively to literature. She is a teacher, plastic artist, writer, poet, narrator, cultural manager, she is dedicated to the plastic arts both in Peru and in the USA, California. -She is co-author of the books ‘Renacer’ and ‘Remar’ from the CIAM of La Molina. ‘-Mujer de Roble” is her narrative book. 2009’. -Her first collection of poems is “Mutilated in a Thousand Ways.” 2021. – Second Poemary “Loaded with Love”2023. -She is the Administrator of Universal Poetic Utopia based in California and the USA. She organizes and promotes culture and art through events worldwide. -Dr. Honoris Causa awarded by AEADO (World Association of Writers and Artists of the World / founder Samuel Cavero. -Cultural Ambassador of the USA. World / Manuel Ekiwa Estrella President CCI Universal Poetic Utopia in Michoacán Mexico. -CERCLE UNIVERSEL DES AMBASSADEURS DE LA PAIX SUISSE / France Ambassador of Peace. -International Ambassador of the International Forum for Creativity and Humanity The Kingdom of Morocco by DR Aziz Mountassir. Dr. Honoris Causa awarded by AEADO (World Association of Writers and Artists of the World / founder Samuel Cavero. Member of the International PEN of Peru. Founding president Marita Troiano. Awards Estrella del Sur de Uruguay al mundo (2023).  Medalla Vargas Llosa AEADO 2023. The Best Coordinator, Panorama 2024 by Writes Capital Foundation. The Golden Book 2024 por Cargaditos de amor / Writer Capital Edition