Three Poems by Cesar LoveLa Abeja We know the buzz of her flying but once she lands and stills her wings she makes other sounds the sounds of her unpacking The pants of La Abeja have several pockets She unpacks her pockets at pachangas, parades birthdays, weddings, cabalgatas La Abeja makes her delivery Her delivery of cultura: New dances, first recipes, original games Fresh jokes, bold accents, cool spellings La Abeja arrives early and leaves late She tastes every dish, she dances every song Before she leaves the party La Abeja refills her pockets She stuffs them with cultura, poesía, canción La Abeja flies south to the zocalos North to the gazebos East to the pagodas West to the rodeos To attract her, water your flowers Water you poesía, water your canción. La Cena With every mouthful of your cod My arms become fins I am a fish cruising through oceans Oceans so open I swim as far as the moon With every spoonful of your mango salsa I grow body hair I am a chango swinging across treetops` Trees so high in the dusk I dribble the setting sun No dessert please I too am cooked I am a thin stalk of asparagus Sizzling in a pan Ecstatic in your oil Vowels I sing a vowel to the sky A vowel of the land My bare feet touch the earth This jewel that holds me That lets me stand That lets me walk I sing this vowel to the sky I sing a vowel to mi gente The vowel of mi familia I learn this vowel from my bloodline The comida shared The luchas won I sing this vowel to mi gente I sing a vowel to my love The vowel of ancient forests A vowel as old as redwoods As young as blossoms This vowel bloomed when I met you I sing this vowel to my love ![]() César Love is a Latinx poet living in San Francisco, California. He is the author of two books of poetry, While Bees Sleep and Birthright, and he is a co-editor of the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal. He recently published Baseball: An Astrological Sightline, an examination of astrology and baseball. His website is www.baseballastrology.com.
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8/30/2021 07:44:04 pm
Beautiful! I especially loved "With every spoonful of your mango salsa
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Concepcion M. Valadez
8/31/2021 07:36:20 pm
Lovely, joyful! Thank you, Cesar.
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Eva Ilona Brzeski
8/31/2021 09:30:29 pm
"Ecstatic in your oil" - brilliant! Beautiful work Cesar!
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