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.

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Full Moon of the Ox

Laozi on ox 18-19 cent.

Full Moon of the Ox Year Tanka

Slowly treading on

the Milky Way, the full moon —

ox burdened with light.

The stars seem but so many

pebbles under its broad nose.

Tanka de la Luna plena del año del buey

Lentamente caminando sobre

la Vía láctea, la luna plena —

buey cargado de luz.

Las estrellas parecen sólo tantas

guijas bajo su ancho hocico.

Shen Zhou (1427–1509)

Rafael Jesús González

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Full Moon of the Ox

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