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Last night I found a prayer at the bottom of my pocket among the coins and keys, the lists and receipts folded, bent pushed, shaped by the events of the day. Then a whole handful of poems came dropping dripping from the nib of the feather onto the thumb and onto the only secret Amen |
Rosario roto Anoche descubrí una oración en el fondo del bolsillo entre las monedas y llaves, las listas y recetas doblada, torcida empujada, formada por los incidentes del día. Entonces vino un manojo de poemas cayéndose callándose en nombre de poesía y del ritmo y del símil y metáfora Amen |
Eloquent and lean, Don Cellini’s poems are powerful whispers to an indifferent universe. From a lover “without an umbrella/in a rainstorm” to the poet wondering if his laptop computer can ever be as evocative as Cervantes’ pen, Cellini gives voice to the search for connection in a fragmented world.
—Angela Salas
author of Flashback Through the Heart:
The Poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa
From the opening introductory pair of poems concerning poems themselves and their source in our daily lives, our cotidiana; through the several striking poems about love and relationships; and finishing with a quartet of poems grounded in Latin American culture, this collection brings together much of what I love about Spanish and English poetry and experience. Don Cellini has a precise eye and ear for detail plus a capacity for perspective that both delight and instruct.
—Diane Kendig
poet, translator of And a pencil to write your name:
Poems from the Nicaraguan Poetry Workshop Movement
Don Cellini’s interest in all things Latino has led him to study and travel in Spain, Mexico, Cuba, and Costa Rica. A recent sabbatical was spent in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where several of these poems had their beginnings. He is a winner of the Gival Press Tri-Language Poetry Competition and teaches at Adrian College in Michigan.