Nelly Linares Hialeah, Florida

Nelly Linares holds a Master's Degree and a Ph.D. She majored in French and Spanish Literature, and has extensively studied English Literature. Her Ph.D. is in Counseling Psychology. Nelly has had her poetry published in local newspapers and by The National Library of Poetry, The Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum, Inc, The Iliad Press, the Amherst Society, The International Society of Poets, and The Famous Poet's Society. She is also a contributor to The World's Largest Poem for Peace, Nelly says, "Writing poetry is living in a higher plane, a place where only the beauty of the soul reigns, and reading poetry is a need of the spirit."

POET If you want to call me a poet, do it, but do it because of the many days I spend gazing at the immensity of the sky, and deciphering the shapes, the colors, and the messages that angels, disguised as majestic clouds, disperse in the Universe. If you want to call me a poet, do it, but do it because of the many nights I spend listening to the amorous tales of the luminous and enthralling stars. If you want to call me a poet, do it, but do it because of the many hours I spend rejoicing over the beauty of nature and the astonishing shapes of the trees, the leaves, and the flowers, in their fascinating gamut of colors, that make my soul scintillate with purity. If you want to call me a poet, do it, but do it please, for my endless love for God and poetry.

Submerged Galleon Heavenly notes melodized by angels, raindrops depicting effulgent rainbows, astonishing beauty impregnating my whole being, and indelible amativeness overfilling a despaired heart with exhilaration. My whole being immersed in the ravishment of your entity...! The anguish of the sealed ports of my heart, vulnerable to the uttering of loving expressions of a despondently forbidden soul...! My insensible flesh, anesthetized by the puissance of a fathomless love, shivers with fervent passion, and impressively diaphanous tenderness with your unintended closeness. The darkness and exhaustion of my imprisoned soul scintillates and respires reposefully in the disperse seconds of love, that you altruistically regale my soul. Regrettably, you're the involuntary captain of a submerged galleon that requires your inner subtle expertise to drift from the often tenebrous Neptune's kingdom.

All poems Copyright © 1997 Nelly Linares. All rights reserved.