intento una palabra que te nombre
una palabra
que habite tu todo
que huya de la forma
y reemplace tu ausencia
una palabra que te recorra
como un ojo
que nunca se cierra
Margarita Losada Vargas ( Neiva - Huila, Colombia, 1983) is the author of the book Mejor arder (Común Presencia Editores, 2013) and co-author of La persistencia de lo inútil (Trilce Editories, 2016). She was included in the bilingual poetry anthology (Spanish – French) Vientre de luz (Ventre de lumier): 14 poetas colombianas + Jattin. She received the First Honorary Mention in the National Poetry Contest Casa de Poesía Silva, and also received an Honorary Mention in the Thought and Neverending Story Contests of CINOE (Spain) and COMOARTES (Mexico). Besides writing poems, she works as a psychologist and a university professor.
Vice-royal-ties is the book-length English-language début of the tusán (Chinese Peruvian) writer Julia Wong Kcomt. The title of Bi-rey-nato, Wong Kcomt’s sixth poetry collection, is a homonym for “virreinato” or “viceroyalty,” but can…
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