Elena R. Jiménez
Tavernier, Florida
Elena R. JiménezTavernier, Florida |
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Born in Encrucijada, Las Villas Cuba. Family: Two sons, five grandsons, one granddaughter. Education: Colegio Buenavista, Cuba, Bachillerato; Florida Atlantic University, Master of Education; University of Havana Cuba, Doctor en Pedagogía. Publications: Historia de la Música en Cuba, 1958, Havana Cuba. (Now rewriting for publication), Poetry in newspapers and magazines. Taught music in Cuba for 18 years, 18 years teaching in the elementary grades, and as a Real Estate Broker in the Florida Keys, USA. |
Why Me?Lifelong coddled by love, care, and guidanceProtected by angels of merciful power To keep my walk straight, My sight high in heaven, My pride down, in ashes, In brokenness, joyful, In solitude, thankful, And I ask: "Why me, My Lord, |
What is Poetry?Words playfully gatheredTo depict the inner-most sensitivity Of a feeling, of a struggle; At the light of the Truth. Words with the rhythm of Life And the melody of Beauty Subdued to the harmonic dissonance of Faith Words in lines that guide... Words in verses that inspire... That incomprehensible power everpresent in the art of Creation: |
HoyRítmica, lenta, se desliza el albaSilenciosamente llega, donde, desvelada estoy, Alumbra mi lecho, desolado y triste Y el ayer pasado, lo convierte en hoy. Efímera, vuela, cada hora del día Afanosamente detrás de ella, sin sentirlo, voy Marca en mi almanaque un indeleble verso Que no tiene doble, porque hoy es hoy. Fúnebre marcha, ennegrecida noche Inexorablemente me despoja, y ya no soy, Mortaja mi cuerpo promesa divina: El afán futuro, no es mi afán de hoy. |