His poems
2007-04-19 05:14:26 · 2 answers · asked by Buffalo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Modernist poet from Puerto Rico. His poetry isn't widely known but is a good example of how one author tries to cope with life in a challenging new world situation. He uses metaphors to draw that comparison and it is the key to his free verse.
"so please when I die ...
don't take me far away
keep me near by
take my ashes and scatter them thru out
the Lower East Side ..."
2007-04-19 05:49:40 · answer #1 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of his poems. This title is also the title of a book of his collected poems available through the usual sources. Wikipedia also has a fairly comprehensive bio, including filmography and bibliography of his work. Interesting note, he wrote the Miami Vice episode "Smuggler's Blues."
La Bodega Sold Dreams
dreamt i was a poet
&
writin' silver sailin' songs
words
strong & powerful crashing' thru
walls of steel & concrete
erected in minds weak
&
those asleep
replacin' a hobby of paper candy
wrappin', collectin'
potent to pregnate sterile young
thoughts
i dreamt i was this poeta
words glitterin' brite & bold
strikin' a new rush for gold
in las bodegas
where our poets' words & songs
are sung
but
sunlite stealin' thru venetian
blinds
eyes hatin', workin' of time
clock
sweatin'
&
swearin'
&
slavin'
for the final dime
runnin' a maze
a token ride
perspiration insultin' poets
pride
words stoppin' on red
goin' on green
poets' dreams
endin' in a factoria as one
in a million
unseen
buyin' bodega sold dreams . . .
2007-04-19 12:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by PJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋