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Wednesday, June 23

San Juan


I should call it

Bitter Poetry

After all.

...

Observing

On Earth I see

The solar path

The result of both

Rotation and revolution


Scientific facts

Of this night

San Juan,



Night of witches

And bonfires

Smelling the smoke

Wondering what is it

They are burning

I hope with it

There goes

My pride


Blind man can't see


Every knave will have a slave,

The magic has gone


I wish I had

A cigarette to smoke

A glass of wine

To cheer up

And celebrate

This tragic night.

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14 comments:

steveroni said...

"When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"

"When the hurlyburly's done.
When the battle's lost and won."

"That will be ere the set of sun."

"Where the place?"

"Upon the heath."

I LOVE witch tales...and truths.

You still writing GooooD-Canary Girl!

Take Care!

steveroni said...

Forgot--That was Shakespeare-Macbeth I just figured EVERYONE knew that. Dulce I know YOU did--grin!

Oh BTW, I believe blind men see so much more than men with eyes. Just my opinion...

GYPSYWOMAN said...

oh lady dulce! what wordwebs you do weave over here! "bitter poetry" - love it - but yours, dulce, yours is always fabulous no matter it's tone!

Caio Fern said...

hey DULCISSIMA MY DEAR.
here we celebrate this too .
beutiful post .
kisses .

Anonymous said...

Ah Haaa to celebrate the tragic as well
xx

Tabitha Bird said...

Are you getting tired of me telling you this is great? This IS great! :)

Blind man can't see... you could go places with that sentence. Love it.

Vanessa said...

I happened to chance upon your blog, and had to say: Wow I love that, really great imagery back there!

Cheers!

Nikki (Sarah) said...

amazing images....☺

aguja said...

Much of Spanish culture seems to link celebration with destruction.
Brilliantly captured!

Take a peek at the words of Emily Dickinson - her imagery of hope - on my post 'Word Showers'.

Jessie said...

i really enjoy the imagery. you really placed the readers where they need to be.

thank you for your comment on my bloghome. i have plans on returning the frog, there were problems with him each time i tried to move him. hopefully he'll be back soon...i miss him too.

warm smiles,

LarryG said...

let the wine and stories flow my love... let them flow!

Sam Liu said...

Poignantly tragic, Dulce...you capture raw and honest emotions in your poem, and you truly suffuse the painful truths of life and living into your fiery words.

Ileana said...

Tengo tu vino tinto, primita...para celebrar algo bueno.

¡Chin-chin y la buena suerte! xo

Angeles said...

Hoy hace 8 años que estoy en tu tierra, allá no se festeja San Juán, en estos años me he ido enterando de los detalles de esta noche y tengo muchas casualidades con esta fecha, de hecho marcó un gran cambio en mi vida, no sabía que me trasladaba en una noche mágica......
Besos:)