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Moonmilk And Other Poems (The Ragged Sky Poetry Series)
These poems are short dances under the crescent moon. They carry a dreamy perfume that is light in the air. There are ancestors and tricksters around every corner. Hernandez Peqa's influences are the daily papers and his ancient Pre-Columbian family's posited tales all artfully played in stop-motion and flute-whistle. "To write poetry, Carlos Hernandez Peqa gives up h...more
Paperback, 62 pages
Published
February 28th 2006
by Ragged Sky Press
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Lisha Adela
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As Carlos Fuentes says, "We Mexicans are the world. Arab, Jew, African, Castillian and above all natives connected to the land of our ancestors." Carlos Hernández Peña says,"he takes his alien language to write poetry from the other side of the world," meaning Spanish to English. I believe instead he searches for a new mask for his labyrinth of many languages and bloods. His poems are about Quijote and Malinalco, the opera and the ancestors. His journey reminds me of the grea...more
Whimsical, with a bite. I'm still picking my favorites.
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