It is National Poetry Month. Here is the first of many poems we will be sharing this month.
Hoy mujeres y hombres
por Xánath Caraza
Ciudad con campos de flores rojas.
Cada pétalo lleva
El nombre de estudiantes que conocí.
Hoy mujeres y hombres.
Ya no niños inocentes,
Ni adolescentes rebeldes.
No hubo tiempo.
Hoy mujeres y hombres que demandan justa causa.
El derecho que no se debe de prohibir.
Derecho a ser educados.
A ser parte de la ciudad.
En las ciudades
Donde los derechos
De igualdad no han nacido.
Donde la voz de aquellos que atravesaron
La frontera sea tan válida como la de los demás.
Las calles están vacías.
Quiero recordar el color rojo
De los campos floridos.
El reflejo del sol y del agua.
La fuerza de sus palabras.
Ya no hay niños inocentes
Ni adolescentes rebeldes.
No hubo tiempo.
Sólo mujeres y hombres forzados a crecer.
© Xánath Caraza
De Conjuro (Mammoth Publications, 2012)
Xánath Caraza – indigenous/Mexican/American
Today Women and Men
By Xánath Caraza
City with fields of red flowers
Each petal carries
The names of the students I met
Today, women and men
No longer innocent children
Nor rebellious adolescents
There was no time
Today, women and men demanding a just cause
The right that must not be prohibited
The right to be educated
To be part of the city
In the cities
Where the rights
Of equality are not yet born
Where the voice of those who cross
The border must be as valid as that of everyone else
The streets are empty
I want to remember the color red
Of the flowery fields
The reflection of the sun and the water
The strength of their words
No longer are they innocent children
Nor rebellious adolescents
There was no time
Only women and men forced to grow.
© Xánath Caraza
From Conjuro (Mammoth Publications, 2012)
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