The Light in Guernica after viewing Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937 Spain bombed numbers of dead ciphers burned into horseflesh brother against brother mi hermano ya no es mi hermano Picasso paints in black white-hot slashes His stallion rages against his master a soldier cremated alive light of interrogation cross-examines battle nightmare crucifies the canvas La bombilla burning bulb of war illuminates a small pueblo giant on the map of war house ablaze burning bodies heap into a pyramid of flesh families joined again in death Pablo paints the darkening eyes that look but do not see the oil lamp’s small flame hands that grasp but cannot reach the white blossom brothers in blood carnales White bull stares ahead to a world beyond mourning ** Luz en Guérnica al ver Guérnica, Pablo Picasso, 1937 España Bombardeada suma de los muertos cifras quemadas en carne de caballo hermano contra hermano mi hermano ya no es mi hermano Picasso pinta en blanco y negro al rojo vivo salpica ángulos mientras su semental patea brama contra su amo un soldado incinerado vivo luz de contrainterrogación batalla pesadilla crucifica el lienzo Luz quemante de guerra la bombilla ilumina un pueblo chico gigante en el mapa de la guerra casa en llamas cuerpos ardientes en una pirámide de carne familias unidas de nuevo en la muerte Goya ronda los escombros Pablo pinta ojos que miran pero no ven la llama pequeña del candil manos que buscan pero no alcanzan la flor blanca hermanos en sangre carnales El toro blanco mira hacia un mundo más allá del duelo Pablo pinta la penumbra Maura Harvey A binational resident, Maura Harvey finds home in Victoria B C and San Rafael, California. Maura’s years in Mexico, Spain and Uruguay inspire her bilingual poetry; her world flutters by in butterflies, shines in Cuban rhythms, sings of family, friends, forgotten flowers. Sometimes her recuerdos are coloured in deep tones of sorrow and love; other times she pays homage to the present, faces its challenges and injustice, prays for a better future.
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May 2025
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