full moon: Full Moon Over the Lamb

 

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Luna llena sobre el cordero

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi
miserere nobis.


La luna se eleva como hostia
en los cielos empañados 
por el humo de los bosques 
en llamas, reflejada 
en las aguas que inundan 
las ciudades.
Cordero de Dios,
decimos, que quitas 
los pecados del mundo 
ten piedad de nosotros. 
Muere el cordero sacrificado
pero no puede quitarle 
los pecados al mundo; 
ni la Tierra es capaz de ello.
Y ¿qué piedad pudiera 

tener la Tierra?
Como hostia se eleva la luna 
bendición su belleza.



                © Rafael Jesús González 2021

Full Moon Over the Lamb

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi
miserere nobis.


The moon rises like a host
in skies tarnished
by the smoke of the forests 
in flames, reflected 
in the waters flooding
the cities.
Lamb of God, 
we say, who takes away 
the sins of the world, 
have mercy on us. 
The lamb dies sacrificed
but it cannot take away 
the sins of the world; 
not even the Earth is able to do it.
And what mercy could 

the Earth have?
Like a host rises the moon 
a blessing her beauty.



                        © Rafael Jesús González 2021

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Leo

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--------------León

El león, ojos de carnalina,
colmillos, garras de sardónice,
lleva en el pecho corazón de rubí
que guarda el fuego fijo del valor.
-----Anhela devorar al sol
-----y mudarlo en oro
que surgiera por sus venas
como río caliente de luz. 



----------------© Rafael Jesús González 2021





-------------------Leo

 
 The lion, carnelian eyes,
fangs, claws of sardonyx,
carries in his breast a ruby heart
that holds the steadfast fires of courage.
------It desires to devour the sun
------and turn it into gold
that would run in his veins
like a hot river of light.



----------------© Rafael Jesús González 2021

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Essential Truths reading, Thursday July 22

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ESSENTIAL TRUTHS Anthology Reading

Thursday, July 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Free

[THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT HOSTED ON ZOOM; NO IN-PERSON GATHERING AVAILABLE.]

Information & RSVP 

Key Presenters

Invocation by: Rafael Jesús González, Poet Laureate of Berkeley

Readings and presentations by (listed alphabetically):

• Adrián Arias, Peruvian visual artist, poet, performance artista
• Avotcja, poet, musician, DJ at KPOO and KPFA radio 
  
• Clara Hsu, Chinese American poet, director of Clarion Performing Arts Center 
  
• danny ryu, Asian American healer and poet,
• Darzelle Oliveros, Filipinx poet, student at City College of San Francisco
• Dianne Leo-Omine, Chinese American writer and culinary arts consultant 
  
• Elmaz Abinader, Lebanese American writer and poet, co-founder of VONA/Voices 
  
• Kelechi Ubozoh, Nigerian American mental health and anti-racism writer
• Karen Seneferu, African American artist and curator, founder of The Black Woman Is God project 
  
• Sandra Bass, essayist, UC Berkeley Associate Dean & Director of the Public Service Center
• Shirley Huey, Chinese American poet, writer, and zine editor
• Shizue Seigel, Japanese American writer, artist, editor of Essential Truths  
  
• Sridevi Ramanathan, Indian American writer and scholar in women’s spirituality
• Susana Praver-Pérez, poet, Assistant Medical Director, Clinica de la Raza, Oakland 
  
• Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia)  poverty scholar, journalist, poet co-founder of Poor Magazine 
  
• Tony Aldorondo, Puerto Rican American poet/performer 
  
• Tureeda Mikell, poet, storyteller, poet in the schools 
  
• Wanda Sabir, journalist and educator, Wanda’s Picks radio show 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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