{"id":6795,"date":"2026-02-04T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=6795"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:39:52","slug":"las-perras-cafe_houston","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=6795","title":{"rendered":"Las Perras Caf\u00e9_Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poetry reading and presentation of the Trasatl\u00e1ntica Project<\/strong>
Las Perras Caf\u00e9_Houston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perras Poetry: a bilingual poetry reading in Houston. Our featured poets were: Lizbeth Sotelo, Monze Pe\u00f1a, Cecilia Borroto, Wendy Nieves, Camilo Rold\u00e1n, Jorge Saucedo, Bruno R\u00edos, Ignacio S\u00e1nchez Prado, Mabel Cuesta and Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Ruis\u00e1nchez.

These are some of the poems read that night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESTAMOS AQU\u00cd REUNIDOS<\/strong>
Jorge Saucedo

Estamos aqu\u00ed reunidos para celebrar nuestra supervivencia
y el triunfo del amor.
Estamos aqu\u00ed reunidos porque no sabemos llegar a la iglesia,
porque cre\u00edmos nuevamente que el lugar nos cambia,
por no poder besarnos.
Antes vinimos por sonrisas que so\u00f1amos,
nos trajeron historias de cajones enredados en piernas que sub\u00edan escaleras,
y efectivamente intercambiamos sonrisas novedosas con criaturas m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0y sagaces de lo que pod\u00edamos imaginar.
Pero ahora, con la mano del viento aplacando lo que queda de \u00edmpetu
y las conversaciones que a lo lejos se cocinan en bares y calles, tiendas y cocinas,
dispuestos a mirarnos un poco a los ojos al final de la fiesta
y con los disfraces a medio quitar,
hemos venido en realidad a escuchar la tela toc\u00e1ndonos la piel,
las suelas y el suelo estando juntos, cerca de donde nosotros nos morimos.
Hemos venido a decirlo
y no lo decimos,
a escuchar la palabra
pero que no se dice.\u00a0
En realidad hemos venido a sentarnos, a no hablar
y sentirnos muy serios
porque una seriedad que no en otro lugar nos nace, nace.
No la buscamos,
llega como el sue\u00f1o, en un instante de debilidad.
Cre\u00edmos que sab\u00edamos ver la ceremonia mil veces repetida,
cre\u00edmos saber lo que ocurr\u00eda,
pero as\u00ed como en la cama el sue\u00f1o se nos mete como un polvo ritual,
los pensamientos encuentran su reposo\u00a0
y nos dan este aspecto de animal desconocido.
Nos hemos venido a sentar en estas hileras de sillas,
tan quietos,
hemos venido a compartir el silencio.
Hay un altar,
hay un oficio.
(Al relator se le ha escapado una cosa:
t\u00e1citamente,
se acordar\u00e1 que el personaje principal est\u00e1 en la mesa,
pero todos sabemos desde antes que no est\u00e1 presente aquel a quien todo esto se dedica.)
Hemos hablado con nosotros en silencio
y hemos juntado las manos,
llevado nuestro pensamiento por el mismo camino
y despedido el episodio incomprensible
una vez m\u00e1s,
con el coraz\u00f3n tocado por una certeza,
con el cuerpo m\u00e1s ligero y la conciencia robusta.
Estamos aqu\u00ed reunidos otra vez,
aqu\u00ed estamos.

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Este poema forma parte del nuevo libro de Jorge Saucedo, que pr\u00f3ximamente publicar\u00e1n Literal Publishing y la Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n.


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PARA QU\u00c9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

para qu\u00e9 te mor\u00edas



ahora voy a tener que explicarle a todo el mundo

que exististe



t\u00fa, el mamut

nuestros ancestros sin nombre, cazadores-recolectores escultores del cosmos

ya no existen m\u00e1s que en la prehistoria




nadie me va a creer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jorge Saucedo (1980). Poeta mexicano, autor de Peltre<\/em> (Instituto de Cultura de Aguascalientes, 2006) y \u00c1nima y piedra<\/em> (Consejo para la Cultura y las Artes de Nuevo Le\u00f3n, 2010). \u00a0(1980). Estudi\u00f3 Letras en la Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n y obtuvo el doctorado en humanidades en el Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey con una tesis sobre la poes\u00eda de Jos\u00e9 Watanabe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poetry reading and presentation of the Trasatl\u00e1ntica ProjectLas Perras Caf\u00e9_Houston Perras Poetry: a bilingual poetry reading in Houston. Our featured poets were: Lizbeth Sotelo, Monze Pe\u00f1a, Cecilia Borroto, Wendy Nieves, Camilo Rold\u00e1n, Jorge Saucedo, Bruno R\u00edos, Ignacio S\u00e1nchez Prado, Mabel Cuesta and Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Ruis\u00e1nchez. These are some of the poems read that night: ESTAMOS AQU\u00cd […]<\/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":"","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,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6795","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2V8if-1LB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5780,"url":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=5780","url_meta":{"origin":6795,"position":0},"title":"News and Events\/Noticias y eventos","author":"Soviet Cuba: Identities in Transition","date":"January 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"2026 Events: Octubre 17, 2026, 6.30 pm: Poes\u00eda itinerante_Oto\u00f1o 2026: Hexagon Books. 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