Postcards from a Conquistador – Page 2

January 5, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Introspectre

This entry is part 11 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Poem: 'I am erratum: the dropped apostrophe, upside-down plane, cow skull in the desert, brown tree snake on guam, and I earn a special place in your honor roll of regrets.'

January 7, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Like water for ice

This entry is part 12 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Pome: 'The women there gave their love away as if it were water. The next morning we made them take baptism. Every time the priest mentioned love, he raised his eyes toward the only heaven he knew.'

(See the photo minus the words here.)

January 12, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Superstition

This entry is part 13 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Poem: 'They used to be superstitious about cameras stealing their souls. Tourism creates jobs, we told them. Don't you want jobs? But now their pictures have been taken so many times, they hardly seem colorful at all.'

January 15, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Love, not war

This entry is part 14 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Poem: 'Their cruelty to one another is astonishing. Yet even as they torture an enemy to death, they call him Uncle, Brother. In this way I learned it's true - you can love your enemy.'

January 16, 2009 by Dave Bonta

Unconquered

This entry is part 15 of 16 in the series Postcards from a Conquistador

Poem: 'Five hundred years, and I'm just learning the land's own name.'

R.I.P. Andrew Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009)

About

Via Negativa is a unique experiment in daily, poetic conversation with the living and the dead. Dave Bonta founded the site in 2003 and Luisa A. Igloria joined in 2010. Guest authors contribute as well. Dave writes daily erasure poems to discover the poetry hidden in the Diary of Samuel Pepys. Luisa has been writing and posting a poem a day since November 2010, often in response to Dave’s entries at The Morning Porch. Collections of poems first published at Via Negativa include Luisa’s The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis and Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser, and Dave’s Ice Mountain and Breakdown: Banjo Poems. Read more…