Mar 28 2008

Poetry Friday Hosting – Almost Caught Unaware

Published by Gina MarySol Ruiz at 7:01 am under Janet Wong, Poetry Friday hosting, Sandra Cisneros

Poetry Friday Hosting - Almost Caught Unaware
Wow! What a month I’ve had! I’ve been so busy with work and other things; my granddaughter Jasmine turned 5 (was just a second ago she was a tiny bit of a baby, my first granddaughter after all those boys); Adriana Dominguez is now contributing for Cuentecitos (welcome again!); I’ve gone and joined those Daring Bakers (see the my first challenge posted on Dona Lupe’s coming very soon) and I’m now officially cancer free (yay I can start reviewing again)! I almost clean forgot that I was hosting today (thank God for Kelly Fineman and her serendipitous comment on the Cesar Chavez walk – thanks Kelly!). Kelly is first in with Robert Frost’s Desert Places. My busy and full life these days reminds me of a poem by Janet Wong,called Our Daily Bread.

Our Daily Bread
by Janet Wong

Nine p.m. we close the store,
wash the counter, mop the floor.

Ten p.m. we finally eat.
Father pulls a milk crate seat

to the table and we pray.
Thank you for this crazy day.

Wong, Janet. A Suitcase of Seaweed, and Other Poems. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 1996.

It’s Springtime in Los Angeles and the air is filled with the smells of flowers which reminds me of a favorite poem by Sandra Cisneros from her book Loose Women, 1994 Vintage books.

You Called Me Corazon by Sandra Cisneros

That was enough
for me to forgive you.
To spirit a tiger
from its cell.

Called me corazon
in that instant before
I let go the phone
back to its cradle.

You voice small.
Heat of your eyes,
how I would’ve place
my mouth on each.

Said corazon
and the word blazed
like a branch of jacaranda.

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26 Responses to “Poetry Friday Hosting – Almost Caught Unaware”

  1. # Gregory K.on 28 Mar 2008 at 7:09 am

    Thanks for hosting. I’ve actually re-posted an original, but it’s timed well, I think!

    April Fools

  2. # Cloudscomeon 28 Mar 2008 at 9:47 am

    Congratulations on being cancer free!!! What lovely news for spring. And congratulations to your granddaughter on her birthday. I must read more of the Daring Bakers. I am Celiac and gluten free so I am happy to find it. Are you too?

    I like your poem selections very much. How sweet that word is – Corazon – and how transforming its power.

  3. # Triciaon 28 Mar 2008 at 10:46 am

    Gina, my dear, you can’t possibly be old enough to have a five year old grandchild! Nope, I don’t believe it!

    I am in today with a poem to celebrate Van Gogh’s upcoming birthday.
    http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2008/03/poetry-friday-celebrating-van-gogh.html

    Thanks for rounding us up!

  4. # jamaon 28 Mar 2008 at 11:04 am

    I’m in today with “What Women Want,” by Kim Addonizio. Thanks for hosting!

  5. # Katie Davison 28 Mar 2008 at 11:09 am

    Love that Janet Wong poem!

  6. # laurasalason 28 Mar 2008 at 11:09 am

    Congratulations on being cancer-free! Wonderful news!

    I liked both these poems. I agree…that first one feels like real life. And the second is lovely. That’s what I want my life to feel like:>)

  7. # writer2bon 28 Mar 2008 at 11:43 am

    Without knowing the whole story, I can say bravo on being cancer-free! Glad you’re celebrating with a full life.

    Great poems. Thank you for hosting today.

  8. # Jillon 28 Mar 2008 at 11:54 am

    Thanks for hosting! I love Sandra Cisneros. Today at the Well-Read Child, Wes challenges everyone to write their own villanelle. He first shares one by Theodore Roethke and then shares his own villanelle. Happy Poetry Friday!

  9. # TadMackon 28 Mar 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Yay! Cancer free! A good phrase, indeed!

  10. # Mary Leeon 28 Mar 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Congrats on being cancer free! Have a Happier-Than-Usual Spring! Enjoy your crazy life!

  11. # Cherylon 28 Mar 2008 at 1:00 pm

    Thanks for hosting Poetry Friday!

  12. # Christine Mon 28 Mar 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Thanks for doing the round-up! I’m in with a little Robert Louis Stevenson tribute to Spring.

  13. # Karen E.on 28 Mar 2008 at 1:10 pm

    Thanks for hosting!

    And, officially cancer free? I’d say that deserves its own post! What wonderful news. Blessings to you!

  14. # Sylvia Vardellon 28 Mar 2008 at 1:17 pm

    I’m glad to discover your blog. Thanks for hosting our Friday poems. Mine is by J. Patrick Lewis– about books and reading.

  15. # sheilaon 28 Mar 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Congratulations! I agree with Karen – that DOES deserve more time of its own.

    I’m in with some serious Shakespeare and some silly Shakespeare.

    Thanks for hosting!

  16. # eishaon 28 Mar 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Congrats, indeed. That is something to celebrate.

    Jules of 7-Imp is in with a Billy Collins poem.

  17. # RM1(SS) (ret)on 28 Mar 2008 at 3:19 pm

    I’m in with a spring poem I’d meant to post last week – “The Miracle,” by a Canadian poet named Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

  18. # Susan T.on 28 Mar 2008 at 3:31 pm

    Gina, So glad to hear your good news about your health! Yay!

    I’m in with a post about a little poem from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

    Susan
    Chicken Spaghetti

  19. # Little Willowon 28 Mar 2008 at 3:33 pm

    Oh, YAY, Gina, for the clean bill of health!

    Congratulations on all counts!

  20. # Jennieon 28 Mar 2008 at 4:54 pm

    YAY FOR CANCER-FREE!!!!

    I love the Cisneros. I had forgotten about that poem, thank you for reminding me.

  21. # Becky Levineon 28 Mar 2008 at 5:36 pm

    I’ve never checked out the round-up before. Thanks for hosting.

  22. # John Mutfordon 28 Mar 2008 at 6:55 pm

    Cheers to Cancer-Free!

    I’m in with a review of an anthology, Native Poetry in Canada.

  23. # Micheleon 28 Mar 2008 at 7:03 pm

    Better late than never, eh? I’m finally in with a Robert Frost offering…

    Thanks for hosting.

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  25. # music for pianoon 13 Feb 2010 at 10:45 pm

    music for piano…

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  26. # sandra cisneroson 16 Feb 2010 at 5:55 pm

    sandra cisneros…

    I was looking for sandra cisneros on google and found your Macondistas en Osten ” ProgressiveAustin.org / Calendar post, fantastic!…

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