Hilos de Vida

Couplets on the death of his father is the masterpiece of Jorge Manrique and has made him one of the essential authors of Spanish poetry. Conceived as an elegy, medieval elements are combined with others that announce the emerging Renaissance. And, what is most significant, they are a celebration of life amidst the Quattrocento tradition of death.

Poetry book in Spanish, translated into English. En el contenido de este mi segundo libro, expres poemas basados en amor, desamor, potencia, capacidad, poder, integridad y pesar. In the content of this, my second book, I express poems based on love, lack of love, capacity, power, integrity and regret.

A selection of poetry, published between 1995 and 2001, features poems that later were made into songs that appear in both versions, and includes works presented in reverse chronological order, with the idea that the reader, by having access to this work through the newest and nearest door, will soon be tempted to open other doors, as if doing an inventory.

No me importó desbocarme ante tal desenfreno. Resonó tu advertencia, haciéndose insignificante en mi cabeza. «No juegues con fuego», parecía cada vez más tentador. Pero yo solo quería una cosa: jugar sin importarme las quemaduras por venir. El Hechizo de la Amapola ha logrado traducir algunas experiencias; enamoramientos y desvelos disfrazados de poemas sublimes en los cuales muchos podrían ver reflejadas sus propias historias. A través de relatos, textos y poemas, el libro narra un «era una vez» construido con realidades como también de momentos ficticios, inspirados en un...