Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Late Storm

End of April yet snow
Storm came through with a heavy heart
Spring was hard in the days of old

Monday, April 29, 2019

The Kite (by my dad)

Over Colorado's sky
Steered by his Pilot's handy hand
The orange kite



AEI

Sunday, April 28, 2019

a ball

A ball is a ball is a ball
C’est ci n’est pas une ball
April is almost gone

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Sticks

Beating the sticks
The bandit rehearses his moves
On the soft cushion

Friday, April 26, 2019

The Bard

He, my little artsy son,
His wings in full display
A Prince in a large stage

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Ode to a simple Life

Life is Short
We all know
Or leaned or discovered
One way or another
And there is charm and health
In leaving it as a productive life
Surrounded by family and friends
Isolated from the currents of the world
From what has always been for me
A small life
One that I rejected
A large life in a community
That shows up
For your last goodbye.




Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Future

This little boy 
Making Plans, work, hobbies, family
He does not seem mine

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Seasons

I love winter for its whiteness
I love spring for its greenness and light
I love the seasons of my boy

Monday, April 22, 2019

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Roughing it down

I skied all day today
Not used to crash rocks and stumps
Yet rare that I do not hurt.

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Clock Is Ticking

My time is accelerating
Or so I think or so I feel or so it seems
Yet I am stuck in a past swirl

Friday, April 19, 2019

A Week

A week to remember
A sudden passing, a school scare
A week of fragility

Thursday, April 18, 2019

bye Joe

You departed at dawn
Left four flowers in the storm
Life played a bad trick on you
It took you too soon



Monday, April 15, 2019

Sunday, April 14, 2019

an uneasy feeling

It came to my mind
in the latest times
that watching old movies
and new
and videos of recent years
all flicks of artists passed
that we watch
that we perpetuate
repeated movements
repeated words
repeated gestures
now mechanically performed
void of human life
a cheap Morel invention
accessible urbi et orbi
not just in a retired island
at the tips of our fingers
and it leaves sad
and happy to see my heroes
and triste to understand
that they will not create no more
a single note
a single verse
a single smile.
I am afraid
that I can know understand
my parents nostalgia
for their childhood saints.
I have lived in the now
hand in hand with my world
maybe now it is a moment
to reset in my mind
the true speed of time.



Saturday, April 13, 2019

Sábados

Este pequeño café Etíope
Es lo que más me acerca al Nilo
Torrente furioso inalcanzable

Friday, April 12, 2019

aguas (escrito por mi padre)

Cataratas es un lugar cautivante 
En el cual aparece la magia Guaraní 
En forma de lluvia ascendente.
Besos húmedos de fragancia rubí 
Ceibo en flor y canto de aves.


AEI

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Dos Narices

Cuatro patas cada cual
Largas orejas y ojos ansiosos
Sus narices húmedas

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Americanizado

Conversaba con mi hijo
Sobre filosofías lejanas
Y recordando una foto de Miranda
Le comenté que de volver
De si ese eterno gardeliano
Volver ocurriera
Definitiviamente me verían
Como la vieron a ella
Con su sombrero de Frutas
Distinto, cambiado, influido,
Pero a la vez igual.
Así me siento yo,
Así me sentía de más jóven
En algo han influído estos años
En estas tierras turbulentas
Que me han dado paz y familia
Pero aún me escatiman
Me esconden, me confunden
Mi propósito.
Mi vision.

Tuesday, April 09, 2019

back pain

It has been there
silent, persistent, all winter
Am I growing old?

Monday, April 08, 2019

happiness is a kite

His eyes too large for his face
His hands too small to catch it all
His smile welcomes each soaring kite

Saturday, April 06, 2019

Slow day

Dreading to be working
On a beautiful Spring Saturday
Slow, and yes, cloudy skies

Thursday, April 04, 2019

awkward

unsung songs i fail to sing
yet in many moments of stress and of grim
i start them with all my heart

Wednesday, April 03, 2019

On Earth

Everyone is afraid
Me, my last five minutes
It is natural

Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Purgar

Ser Argento implica
Vivir con la idea de esas islas
Marcadas con fuego
En tu hipotálamo
Al nacer
En el centro de tu ser
Y estar obligado a rememorarlas
A bendecirlas
A añorarlas
Año tras año
Hasta el fin de tus días 
Sin presentar un disenso
Un pero un punto suspensivo una coma. 
Pero para mi fueron
Ese Averno helado
Que se llevó la vida de tantos
Una generación anterior a la mía 
Que se hunda en el océano
Que se pierda en los hielos
Sus rocas no valen una sola vida
De mis compañeros. 
Chau, y si te he visto,
Sabes, no me acuerdo. 

Monday, April 01, 2019