La retórica del agua

A narrative poem, in both English and Spanish, expressing the feelings while suffering from cancer as a guest at the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Tampa. It expresses the fear, anxiety, discomfort, sadness, happiness, hopes, and faith in God during the time of cancer treatment and afterward. The astonishment for the beauty, cleanliness, and comfort of the hope lodge, as well as deep appreciation and gratitude to the staff and volunteers that do almost the impossible to satisfy the sick. The ironic yearning of the place where the author passed his sick days and the desire to share...

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Kristin Dykstra and Roberto Tejada, featuring an essay by Kristin Dykstra. "Omar Perez Lopez (1964-) was born in the city of Havana and has lived most of his life to date in Cuba. A former journalist, Perez has explored a wide array of literary genres, particularly poetry, translation, and the essay...At the center of SOMETHING OF THE SACRED is the exploration of displacement. Perez sees poetic metaphor as 'the subtle displacement of something objective'...His apparent strangeness, particularly in his varied uses of Zen traditions, ...

This book contains 56 poems in both English and Spanish that deal with various themes mainly including love, nature and regret.

Hielo y humo se sitúa en el territorio donde la palabra siembra en su imposible decir la fragilidad de la realidad, la búsqueda de lo esencial, la desnudez en la expresión que envuelve lo que pretende esconderse en los laberintos de la memoria. El hielo que sustenta lo que parece firme y es efímero. El humo que eleva a los vientos lo que se funde en las raíces de la tierra y es vuelo y fuga. Y en la fusión de estos dos destinos, la poesía busca y siembra en los campos del compromiso el significado de lo estrictamente enunciado como señas de identidad. Poesía hacia Machado y desde la...