Brazos, Carry Me
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (884 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615781683 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Porchlight said Carried away by this work. Brazos, Carry Me is filled with work whose precise articulation of geography and history resonated deeply with me. Martinez's poems reveal the depths of interplay between cultures whether seamlessly weaving Pre-Columbian imagery in poems like "A Full Moon Rises Over J. "I let out a deep sigh" according to Edward Vidaurre. I had the pleasure of listening to Pablo read from this collection of profound gems called poems at Pasta, Poetry & Vino where he served as the featured guest poet. When he read Letanía Latina, I couldn't stop smiling. Then I got home and read "Not There," - I . Excellent collection of poems vthokie I really enjoyed reading this collection. After each poem you pause and really take a moment to reflect. I highly recommend it!
Contemporary Art Center (Dallas); Katherine Anne Porter House (Kyle, TX); Painted Bride Art Center (Philadelphia); Poetry at Round Top. In 2009 he received the Robert L.B. Pablo has taught English at Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio) and at Lone Star College (Houston). In San Antonio, he has read his work at Bihl Haus Gallery, Esperan
Plainspoken and often stark, they are the poet’s meditation on the ceaseless cycles of loss and love—and work and hope—that lead inevitably to “a place of unsorrowed serenity.”. The poems in Pablo Miguel Martínez’s debut collection are rooted deep in the “caliche-veined eternity” of South Texas
His prose has been published in El Aviso (NALAC), and in the San Antonio Current, where he was a frequent contributor, as well as in the El Paso Times and in La Voz de Esperanza. His literary work has also received support from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio and the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation. Pablo has read his work at numerous venues, including the University of Texas at Austin; Austin International Poetry Festival; McKinney Ave. In addition to being a Founding Member of CantoMundo, a national retreat-workshop for Latina/o poets, Pablo ha