Honorable Mention for SOMOS EN ESCRITO Literary Foundation Press: International Latino Book Awards 2025 by Xánath Caraza

Honorable Mention for SOMOS EN ESCRITO Literary Foundation Press: International Latino Book Awards 2025 by Xánath Caraza

 

SOMOS EN ESCRITO Literary Foundation Press has received Honorable Mention for the International Latino Book Awards 2025 for the Juan Felipe Herrera Poetry Book Award-One Author- SPANISH for the publications of Corazón de agua / Heart of Water by Xánath Caraza, translated by Sandra Kingery, foreword by Amy Sage Webb Baza, and cover art by Martha Caraza.

 

Corazón de agua / Heart of Water was published in Berkeley, California in 2024. ¡Felicidades, Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press!

 

Palabras

 

¿Qué nos cura?

 

Los sonidos de la naturaleza

que nos hacen vibrar

con eléctrico tremor en la espalda.

 

¿Qué nos sana?

 

Los aromas que tuercen las células

que alcanzan el cerebro

para remover la tristeza.

 

¿Qué nos provee de fuerza?

 

La voz materna en la distancia.

Anhelando tocar su mejilla,

abrazos de nostalgia.

 

¿Qué nos alienta?

 

Palabras llenas de esperanza

plasmadas en la piel

de esta cibernética mañana.

 

Voces, luz, aromas

palabras, corazón de agua

a – gua, a – gua, a – gua.

 

 

Xanath Caraza

Words

 

What cures us?

 

The sounds of nature

that make us vibrate

with an electrical shiver up the spine.

 

What heals us?

 

The aromas that twist the cells

that reach our brain

and banish sadness.

 

What gives us strength?

 

The maternal voice in the distance.

Longing to touch her cheek,

nostalgic embraces.

 

What nourishes us?

 

Words full of hope

captured on the skin

of this cybernetic morning.

 

Voices, light, aromas

words, heart of water

wa – ter, wa – ter, wa – ter.

 

 

“Palabras /  Words” is part of the collection Corazón de agua / Heart of Water (Somos en escrito Literary Foundation Press, 2024) by Xánath Caraza. Translated by Sandra Kingery.