The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2022 is the ninth multilingual poetry festival organized by the City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences in collaboration with the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association; and Instituto Cervantes New York. Professors and writers Carlos Aguasaco, Yrene Santos, and Carlos Velásquez Torres curate this annual event.

Poem by Monica Sarmiento-Archer

Gravitación

Contraída por la gravedad de otro tiempo
congelada por el reflejo de otra verdad,
desde este escondrijo
reflexiono:
la realidad que veo es irreal,
pero es real porque la siento
está ahí.

No obstante – ¿cómo atravesar esa dimensión?
que sobrecoge, absorbe, lástima

implosión de emociones
me adentro en esta existencia desmembrada
entre cuerpos huérfanos que yacen desvalidos,
inertes,
mutilados

¿Cómo volver a mí realidad?

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Gravity

Contracted by the gravity of another time
frozen by the reflection of another truth,
from this hideout
reflect :
the reality I see is unreal,
it’s real tho cuz i feel it
it’s there.

Nonetheless – how to cross that dimension?
that scares, absorbs, hurts

an implosion of emotions
i tap into this dismembered existence
among orphaned bodies lying derelicts,
inert
mutilate
How to come back to my reality?

Translated from Spanish to English by Antonio Nazzaro

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