Querencias = homing instincts
on a map we can draw all the lines
horizontal straight diagonal
from the Greenwich Meridian to the Gulf of Mexico
that more or less
comprise the quirks of our identity
there are also maps so large, so very large
in our imagination
and globes that go on forever
marta
but today I suspect that on a ver small, minute
map
sketched on a piece of notebook paper
we could fit all of our history
all of it
Books by Nancy Morejón in ALAWiT
Baladas para un sueño
Nancy Morejón
Querencias = homing instincts
Nancy Morejón
Looking within: selected poems
Nancy Morejón
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.
