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The poems of Mariano Zaro leave me with a delicious longing. It is as if I am wrapped in the silk of his words, where a wisp of color
or a smell suddenly floats. Maybe it is olive, lavender or smoke, maybe it is a faint scent of a lover’s sweat. This is how Zaro guides the reader gently through his terrain of desire. He says: “I cannot predict/my lust./It is not even mine.” And the reader cannot predict these surprising poems, that coax softly, and when least expected, break your heart. Take care while reading this book. Take your time, read slowly, savor. Let your tongue beat out the rhythms in Spanish and English “Simultaneous opening/my body and your word./I could not separate them.” Open up to these beautiful poems, reader, they are rare. Alicia Vogl Sáenz |
Los poemas de Mariano Zaro me dejan un delicioso anhelo. Siento que me arropan con la seda de sus palabras mientras flota inesperado el atisbo de un color o un perfume. Quizá sea la aceituna, el espliego o
el humo; quizá el aroma desvanecido del sudor de un amante. De este modo, dulce-mente, Zaro lleva al lector por el territorio del deseo. Dice así: “No puedo predecir mi deseo/ni siquiera es mío”. Y el lector no puede predecir la sorpresa de estos poemas que seducen y, cuando menos lo esperas, te parten el corazón. Ten cuidado cuando leas este libro. Tómate tu tiempo, lee despacio, saborea. Deja que tu lengua marque los ritmos en español y en inglés. “Se abrieron simultáneos/mi cuerpo y tu palabra./ No pude distinguirlos”. Ábrete a estos bellos poemas, lector, son únicos. Alicia Vogl Sáenz |
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Poems of Erosion/Poemas de la erosión Author: Mariano Zaro Edition: First Edition Copyright: Mariano Zaro, 2003 LCCN: 2003109004 ISBN: 0-9712066-3-5 Publisher: Carayan Press, San Francisco, CA Cover Design: Pepe Vives Book Format: Paperback, 5.5 in. x 9 in., 104 pages Retail Price: US$12.00 Distribution: Publisher |
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Read book reviews for Poems of Erosion/Poemas de la erosión: Out.com http://www.out.com/bookreviews2.asp?ID=4881 Frontiers http://www.frontiersnewsmagazine.com/page.cfm?typeofsite =article&section=4&sectionid=4&id=1039 |
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