Florencia

by Poet on the Piano   Mar 12, 2013


She is el sol wrapped up in a compact
home where the desert is her backbone,
and she builds herself upon
the sashaying June mountains-

a fiery Mariachi dance

resting between peaks,
promenading rivers in motion while
the Mexican histories before her
curve underneath her skin....

and she is their calligrapher.

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Written 3/12/13 at 6:15
Florenica is my name in Spanish V this year....I change my name every year & we always get a list at the beginning of the year. I think it's kind of fancy, and I love writing it in cursive. I just wrote something quick about it!

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  • 11 years ago

    by Tara Kay

    MaryAnne, I was surprised when I started reading, but when I got to the end, I was in a trance, I felt like I was in Spain, and I could feel the sun, the imagery is breathtaking, and I love the name, and the way this flowed off the tongue.

    I want to comment further but I'm kind of speechless, the tone was gorgeous.

    xx

  • 11 years ago

    by Decayed

    This is so beautiful!!

    loved the Spanish melody to the terms and the name.. and of course ur imagery.. breathtaking!

  • 11 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    Ah what a neat little concept for a poem! I remember picking out my Spanish name, I was Veronica for several years, but Florencia is gorgeous! I love how you wrote about what you think it means & where it originates from & such. Such a poetic piece! I found it quite interesting how you opened up with your first line in which you used 'el sol' meaning the sun. It's not often that different languages are used in poetry, it caught me a little off guard at first, but knowing my Spanish I knew exactly what you meant and given that this is a Spanish name I see it as a great fit!

    'Desert is her backbone'

    'the Mexican histories before her
    curve underneath her skin'

    ^Beautiful lines! I fell in love with them.

    You are so creative! Such a small piece but I just love it :)

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