Rafael Jesús González

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.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

full moon: To night

Esta noche se me antoja

la luna amable enfermera con su

bálsamo de luz suave y fresca

para ponerle en la frente febril

de la Tierra enferma y en delirio.

Tonight I fancy

the moon a kind nurse with her

balm of soft, cool light

to place on the fevered brow

of Earth, ill and delirious.

Rafael Jesús González

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

full moon: To night

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