Best Federico Poems

When they murdered him,they went everywhere
To cemeteries,to caffees, to churches
But they didn`t find him! No! He wasn`t there!
They never found him!
The trees cried when he...

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A Love Poem for Federico Garcia Lorca

Last night, I dreamed of you,
my raven-haired gitano.
Dreamt of your succulent mouth,
Rich and full,
like the black grapes from the...

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Now is going on through a secret way
Between the martyrdoms and the ground wall,
My master, and I behind him to stay.

“Oh highest virtue, who me...

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All my favorite poets are dead 
Pero sus poemas los leo en el atardecer 
And they come alive again. 

Soy sus Lazaros; los revivo, y...

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Inspired by and an interpretation of:  "El poeta pide a su amor que le escriba" (He begs his love to write) 
by Federico García...

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One o'clock in the morning,
we connect by phone, 
Chicago to Boston. I tell you 
about the ugly tomatoes I bought, 
your in hysterics. Listen, I...

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I was in Trieste

It was in 1962, a revolution attempt that failed
roads had been churned; the American CIA tried to blend in
not successfully wearing Hawaii...

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"And I'll dance with you in Vienna, 
I'll be wearing a river's disguise. 
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder 
my mouth on the dew of...

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By any river, all the waterfalls,
Every scene of life, we toast the stars.

we run and we sing, with passion in heart
Just like Kurt's guitar: broken...

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Lorca Translations II

Canción del jinete (“Song of the Rider”)
by Federico Garcia Lorca
translation by Michael R. Burch

Cordoba. Distant and lone.
Black pony, big moon,
olives in my saddlebag.
Although...

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Touched by God's light  Born in Granada.
               Federico used to...

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The killing of a poet
  There are many sorts of poets those who
extoll the sitting regime tell of order it has brought
their words are...

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F-inish
E-xcellent
D-uty's
E-xceptional
R-ole
I-n
C-hosen
O-nes'

D-ivine
E-lection
L-etting
A-ppropriate

T-ime
O-f
R-est
R-ule
E-veryone

Topic: In memory of Bro. Federico G. Dela Torre (August 2,1936-June 04,2019) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Lorca Translations III

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright and theater director. He was assassinated by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the...

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The young woman waits anxiously, backstage 
In the shadows created by the soft, velvet curtain. 
Her heart is pounding so loudly that she was sure
It...

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