{"id":320,"date":"2024-08-25T17:34:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=320"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:49:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:49:16","slug":"lara-lopez-de-jesus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=320","title":{"rendered":"Lara L\u00f3pez de Jes\u00fas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Coloquio de lago <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a veces miro el lago
y me pregunto
por qu\u00e9
tan tranquilo
fl\u00e1cido
manso<\/p>\n\n\n\n

y me canso de este lugar
tan sin sal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

otras veces acecho el lago
y le cuestiono
todo lo que este pueblo no es<\/p>\n\n\n\n

le reclamo
que estoy hecha de mar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

le declaro
que crec\u00ed a fuerza de marejada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

le grito
que nac\u00ed de la profundidad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

que soy ola
le confieso<\/p>\n\n\n\n

que soy ola
le repito<\/p>\n\n\n\n

y coqueteo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

inter
mi
tente
mente<\/p>\n\n\n\n

con el lago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

s\u00e1bana pixelada
telegrama en bits
brillo citadino
espejo bromista<\/p>\n\n\n\n

y admito
que me excita<\/p>\n\n\n\n

inter
mi
tente
mente<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cuando me despierta
\u00e1speramente
con sus fr\u00edas
r\u00e1fagas ins\u00edpidas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

y acepto
que me estimula<\/p>\n\n\n\n

inter
mi
tente
mente<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cuando sus peque\u00f1as olas
brincan
como queri\u00e9ndome
pellizcar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mi lago
le susurro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mi lago
sin duda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mi lago
a veces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mi lago
qu\u00e9 rico<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mi lago
entonces
se hace mar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ap\u00e1trida<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Es una sensaci\u00f3n mi pa\u00eds

cosquilla de mangle y enredadera,

pura ficci\u00f3n de parcha

y flan de berenjena.



El gobierno: 

mala mierda 

yerba enferma.



Nuestra gente: 

linda, linda

sonr\u00ede, se mueve, suena y llega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En la distancia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

soy fragmento de archipi\u00e9lago <\/p>\n\n\n\n

que toca desde adentro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

la gran puerta.



Puerto Rico es maleta.



Siempre que la abro<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo caf\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

huelo oc\u00e9ano <\/p>\n\n\n\n

siento arena.



Con nostalgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

me lanzo en ella<\/p>\n\n\n\n

para ahogarme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

entre letras<\/p>\n\n\n\n

y desaparecer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ap\u00e1trida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

con la marea. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lara I. L\u00f3pez de Jes\u00fas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author of the poetry book Nudo y horizonte<\/em> (Editorial Pulpo, 2023), the short story book El camino de las diez lunas<\/em> (Editorial Ra\u00edces, 2021), and of an academic book titled Encuentros sincopados. El Caribe contempor\u00e1neo a trav\u00e9s de sus pr\u00e1cticas musicales<\/em> (which won first place in the Caribbean Thought Awards and was published by Siglo XXI Editores, Mexico). Lara has published poems, short stories, and microfiction in different formats and journals. She has also written narrative and poetry for Puerto Rican school textbooks. In 2018, she won second place in the Segundo Certamen Nacional de Microcuentos Jos\u00e9 Luis Gonz\u00e1lez<\/em>. In 2022, she won the first-place award for the \u201cNarrative\u201d category, a contest organized and published by the Hispanic Culture Review (George Mason University). In 2023, she won the first place in the Certamen Cris\u00e1lidas<\/em> (Editorial Ra\u00edces). Lara holds a B.A. in Science from the University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras Campus), an M.A. in Latin American Studies from UNAM (Mexico), and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Puerto Rico.
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Coloquio de lago  a veces miro el lagoy me preguntopor qu\u00e9tan tranquilofl\u00e1cidomanso y me canso de este lugartan sin sal otras veces acecho el lagoy le cuestionotodo lo que este pueblo no es le reclamoque estoy hecha de mar le declaroque crec\u00ed a fuerza de marejada le gritoque nac\u00ed de la profundidad que soy olale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196861203,"featured_media":0,"parent":523,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-320","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2V8if-5a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":523,"url":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=523","url_meta":{"origin":320,"position":0},"title":"POETRY","author":"diceyk","date":"August 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Angela AcostaDaniel Ch\u00e1vez LanderosB\u00e1rbara Escobar AnleuIrina GarbatzkyPablo G. 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