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.
