Editors Choice

MARIA CHAPP

 

N A G A S A K I

to Akira Kurosawa

 

dead birds gave off an acrid smell

You said
“give drink to the thirsty”

skin torches mutinied against the dawn

no one screamed only moans

only the desire for water

perhaps you know what it is like to desire water

while

the other cheek of God Himself

still burns and says:

let it be cleansed

through light and silence

 

M I N E R A L P S A L M S

 

in the middle of the world
no epitaphs only sea
vertical arrives a miracle
looks for a name
pores know
they fester jade
mineral psalms
ceremonies at Jama´s beach
an adagio sounds
multiplied fishes
in turquoise silence
rumourous whales
poetry tastes salt
pores are aware
between skin and crystal
the whole world
half and half

 

N I L E -E A S T B A N K

 

each regard strip off the leaves
caresses the object
abandon it
I need a bridge
between the eye
and the thousand petal flower
the narrow river´s channel
high up
where the ibis renews its plumage
and sings
to find the everlasting poem
perfect fruit space
the Nile´s east bank
where all things are born

 

MARIA CHAPP. Buenos AIres, Argentina. Sociologist. Social Researcher. Key words: social prejudice, disabled people, youth, life projects, vulnerable sectors. Her poems are published in Rewieus and Anthologys in Spain, Chile, Ecuador, Perú, México and other countries. She is the author of the following books -“La Sed” (“Thirst”), Editorial El Mono Armado, Buenos Aire, 2005, -“El Ojo Peregrino”, (“Pilgrime Eye”), Editorial El Mono Armado, Buenos Aires, 2008, -“Luz de Agua”, (“Water Light”), Editorial El Mono Armado, Buenos Aires, 2014, -“Pozo del habla”, ( “The Well of Language”), Editorial la Yunta, Buenos Aires, 2024,She atended in person and on line to Poetry Festivals in different countries.