{"id":3940,"date":"2025-05-24T12:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=3940"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:36:41","slug":"coral-bracho","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=3940","title":{"rendered":"Odette Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n

P\u00f3rtico<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los p\u00e1jaros que salen de tu boca
llenan el d\u00eda de reverberaciones.
La luz que dejan
se enreda entre los hilos de la rueca
de la que surge un tejido transparente.
La pared te sostiene
cuando te abres el pecho
y brota el canto.
Yo
sentada a tus pies
lo sue\u00f1o todo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portico<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birds emerging from your mouth
fill the day with reverberations.
The light they leave
tangles between threads of the distaff
erupting in a transparent tapestry.
Song flows out
as you open your chest
and rest against the wall.
I
sitting at your feet
dream all of it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"person<\/span>
\n

El miedo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ese hilo
va sacando de mi boca
viejas canciones
un sue\u00f1o de alfileres.
\u00c9ramos un rumor de telas
y lavanda
una suerte de celaje.
Fum\u00e1bamos boquillas mentoladas
y yo usaba los sacos de mi abuelo
y su colonia.
A medias
la risa se transforma en una mueca
pero apretar tu mano
aleja el miedo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"person<\/span>
\n

The Fear<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

This thread
is pulling old songs
from my mouth
a dream of pins.
We were a rumor of fabric
And lavender
a luck of cloudscape.
We smoked from menthol stems
and I wore my grandfather\u2019s jacket
and his cologne.
Halfway through
laughter was transformed into a grimace
but squeezing your hand
dispels the fear.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Odette Alonso<\/strong> es escritora y promotora cultural. Naci\u00f3 en Santiago de Cuba, vive en M\u00e9xico desde 1992. Obtuvo el Premio Clemencia Isaura de Poes\u00eda 2019, el Premio Nacional de Poes\u00eda LGBTTTI 2017 y el Premio Internacional de Poes\u00eda \u201cNicol\u00e1s Guill\u00e9n\u201d 1999. Autora de una veintena de poemarios, una novela y dos libros de relatos. Compiladora de Antolog\u00eda de la poes\u00eda cubana del exilio<\/em> (2011) y de G\u00e9nero y sus perspectivas<\/em> (2022), y coeditora de Versas y diversas, muestra de poes\u00eda l\u00e9sbica mexicana contempor\u00e1nea<\/em> (2020). Creadora y co-coordinadora del proyecto cultural Bulevar Arco\u00edris. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by Elizabeth Rose:
Elizabeth Rose<\/strong> es traductora e investigadora literaria, enamorada de las im\/posibilidades del arte de la traducci\u00f3n. Traduce del espa\u00f1ol, alem\u00e1n, e ingl\u00e9s, e investiga las intersecciones de traducir, teor\u00eda queer, y estudios americanos transnacionales. Su trabajo ha sido publicado en Alchemy<\/em>, Tupelo Quarterly<\/em>, Raspa<\/em>, Volume<\/em>, y muchas otras revistas. Actualmente vive en el territorio ocupado de Tohono O\u2019odom y Yaqui en Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Odette Alonso es escritora y promotora cultural. Naci\u00f3 en Santiago de Cuba, vive en M\u00e9xico desde 1992. Obtuvo el Premio Clemencia Isaura de Poes\u00eda 2019, el Premio Nacional de Poes\u00eda LGBTTTI 2017 y el Premio Internacional de Poes\u00eda \u201cNicol\u00e1s Guill\u00e9n\u201d 1999. Autora de una veintena de poemarios, una novela y dos libros de relatos. Compiladora […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33188029,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3940","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2V8if-11y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6753,"url":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=6753","url_meta":{"origin":3940,"position":0},"title":"Julio Marinas","author":"Soviet Cuba: Identities in Transition","date":"February 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"ATL\u00c1NTICA 1 Atl\u00e1ntico, la edadde tu brisa se impregnaen el centro del pecho.Respiro lejan\u00eda.El tiempo de tus aguasme entrega halos de eterna juventudy contengo tu oc\u00e9anohasta que se derrumban mis pulmonesy regresas al viaje de tus vientos,mientras yo vuelvo al asma de mi piel,de la arena, del polvo. 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