Always rebellious: selected poems = Cimarroneando: poemas escogidos
While in the womb
of my mother, every
now and then, in the midst
of the _wemilere_ splendor,
the old Oweni spoke
through the thick thump thump of the drum.
His hoarse voice was heard
filled with many longings;
claiming,
urging his return. Desolated,
the fields had become, the grass.
How desperate the hunger of the wild beasts!
Books by Georgina Herrera in ALAWiT
Poesía completa
Georgina Herrera
Always rebellious: selected poems = Cimarroneando: poemas escogidos
Georgina Herrera
About ALAWiT
ALAWiT is a resource for readers, writers, publishers, students and teachers interested in Afro-American and Latin American culture in general, and Afro-Latin American culture in particular. It gathers book covers, excerpts, bibliographic clues and digital downloads of works by black Latin American authors in original language and in translation.
The collection is developed to promote Afro-Latin American Writers in Translation: a series of critial editions of celebrated works in translation coordinated by professor Mark A. Sanders and aimed to advance research and academic reflection on the Black presence in Latin America and its influence across the Americas.
