Momentos de amor

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...

A collection of fifty poems which celebrate the universal human experience and renew the late author's quest for self, community, the past, and the continuity of the dead through the living

Soñando se pasan las horas Soñando se pasa la vida, Los sueños crean realidades Y nos pintan de rosa mentiras, Soñando sueños pasamos Las horas de nuestros días, Tristes o alegres soñamos Para sobrellevar rutinas, Soñando sueños vivimos Entre realidades y fantasías, Y la vida va pasando Soñando en la vigilia, Y no dejemos de soñar, Que soñando sueños creamos Una vida más bonita.

En este segundo poemario titulado "Aristas ancestrales", la escritora dominicana Miriam Mejía nos entrega una interesante colección de 28 poemas que sintetizan con sencillez la manera particular en que la poeta capta el asombro cotidiano del palpitar de la vida.