Rapt in the snows of yesteryear,
I twist the threads of memory
and blue desire.
My small abode, its modest dwelling
disappearing in the icy hoarfrost,
shrouded deep in dreams
of white,
the thickets glistening their bleached tree branches
glowing blue and moon-filled silver.
The ice swivels zeniths of azure dreams
as I gingerly skip one iceberg to the next,
forgetting present
forgetting past
yearning in a wanderlust of reveries.
Blue everywhere –
blue skies, blue trees, blue snow… blue moon.
Blue home, my petite cottage, my smallest cabin,
my treasured icicles that glisten gold
that twinkle truth
that mirror musings of
snow-filled ruminations my mother dreamed.
And now have come for me.
Hechizada con las nieves de antaño,
serpenteo los hilos de memoria
y deseo azul.
Mi pequeña vivienda, su modesta estructura
desaparecida en la blanca helada,
envuelta en lo profundo de nevados sueños
blancos,
los matorrales relumbrando ramas blanqueadas,
azul brillante, plata llena de luna.
Sin embargo, el hielo rompe cimas de azules sueños
mientras cautelosa, jugueteo de témpano a témpano,
olvidando el presente
olvidando el pasado
esperando ese espíritu viajero entre ensueños.
Azul por todo lado –
azules cielos, azules árboles, azules nieves… luna azul.
Hogar azul, mi pequeña casita, mi cabaña infanta,
mis preciados campos de hielo brillando oro
deslumbrando verdad
destallando reflexiones de
nevados empeños soñados por mi madre,
que ahora han vuelto por mí.
Author’s note: Written simultaneously in both languages: an interpretation, not a translation.
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Ana Fores-Tamayo advocates for marginalized refugee families from Mexico, Central America, and most recently, many other countries from which people flee. She states that working with asylum seekers is heart-wrenching, so poetry is her escape. She has published in The Raving Press, Laurel Review, Shenandoah, and many other anthologies and journals, online and in-print. Her poetry in translation & photography have been featured in the US and internationally. Ediciones Valparaiso in Spain published her book of poems, Peregrina, in June 2022. Through poetry, she keeps tilting at windmills.
