full moon: Look, the Moon Again

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Mira, la luna de nuevo
ha dejado sus velos de sombra
para estar en luz plena.
Que mucho, mucho, mucho lo veas
siempre con asombro y deleite.


 

        © Rafael Jesús González 2018

 

Look, the moon again
has shed her veils of shadow
to stand in full light.
Long, long, long may you see it
always in awe and delight. 

 


        © Rafael Jesús González 2018

 

 

 

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San Francisco Public Library reading Tuesday, May 1

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Friends of

San Francisco Public Library

Poetry Reading

in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco

850 Columbus Ave.

(between Greenwich & Lombard)

San Francisco, California

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

6:30 - 8:00 PM

featuring
 

Andrena Zawinski

&

Rafael Jesús González
 1st Poet Laureate of the City of Berkeley

free to the public

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Taurus

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-----------Tauro


El toro de la tierra fija
lleva como un diamante
entre los cuernos
la estrella matutina.
---Su corazón de esmeralda
---oculta un valor firme
y al cuello lleva yugo de cobre
que lo une
-------------a la tierra
-------------a la estrella
-------------a lo infinito.

------------© Rafael Jesús González 2018

----------------Taurus

The bull of the fixed earth
carries the morning star
like a diamond
between his horns.
----------his emerald heart
----------hides a firm worth
and at the neck he wears a copper yoke
that joins him
------------------to the earth
------------------to the star
------------------to the infinite.




-------------------------© Rafael Jesús González 2018

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Two Poets Laureate reading, Berkeley Public Library, Saturday, April 21, 2:00-4:00 PM

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 Berkeley Public Library

2090 Kittredge St.

Berkeley, California

(near Downtown Berkeley Bart) 

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Poetry for Peace & Justice Saturday April 14

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