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The vision begins with a river. From this river, you can see a village, marine life, and ancestral rituals. It is here that you recognize origins, and a poison beginning to spread through paradise. Suddenly, a premonition: a wounded animal. The certainty of war cries. What you take with you is what you become, each movement a gamble, a lottery of life that transforms you until this moment, when uncertainty becomes an ally. Lotería: Nocturnal Sweepstakes is a collection of deeply evocative coming-of-age poems that take the reader on a voyage through the intimate experiences of displacement....

ISBN - 978-1-927725-01-6 Published by SandCrab Books A subsidiary of Hidden Brook Press Poetry by four authors of Gibara, Cuba; Blas Arsenio Valdes Bruceta, Eugenio Ernesto Gonzalez Aguilera, Jorge Alberto Perez Hernandez, Jose Rafael Escalona Aguilera. These four men are among the finest Poets of Gibara. This book is 100% in Spanish.

Me duele la humanidad en el pómulo izquierdo. Profundo dolor intercostal inmerso. Repente de la vida que se hace grande sin quererlo. Hinchazón de piedra asma hasta el agua te soborna.

Nestes textos eu procurei utilizar o cotidiano, o amor na sua forma mais intensa, a alegria, angustia, esperança e transformei-as em momentos. Portanto convido-os a caminhar comigo através das rimas pelo mundo real do nosso cotidiano revelando assim os meus, seus ou nossos doces, amargos, tristes ou alegres momentos...