Born in the bicultural/bilingual setting of El Paso, Texas/Juárez, Chihuahua, attended the University of Texas El Paso, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, & the University of Oregon. Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & Literature, taught at the University of Oregon, Western State College of Colorado, Central Washington State University, the University of Texas El Paso, and Laney College, Oakland where he founded the Mexican and Latin American Studies Dept.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
San Francisco earthquake
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-------------De fuego y canto
Mientras Roma ardía, dicen,
Nerón tocaba el laúd y cantaba
(por ninguno cual tenía talento Nerón.)
Dichoso San Francisco — cuando cayó
derribado por terremoto y ardiendo
fue Caruso quien cantó.
-----------------© Rafael Jesús González 2010
--------------Of Fire & Song
While Rome burned, they say,
Nero played the lute & sang
(for which neither had Nero talent.)
Happy San Francisco — when it fell
brought down by earthquake & burning
it was Caruso who sang.
-----------------© Rafael Jesús González 2010
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