Invitation to virtual poetry reading with Rafael Jesús González Saturday, November 11 at 10:00 AM PDT

[Larry Robinson]

You are cordially invited to join us for a virtual poetry reading featuring Rafael Jesús González
Saturday, November 11 from 10:00 to 10:30 AM PDT.

There is no need to pre-register; just click the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81910289807?pwd=dXI5V2ZHbzVKbTVZaEMrOUtvQUNwQT09 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81910289807?pwd=dXI5V2ZHbzVKbTVZaEMrOUtvQUNwQT09>


Rafael Jesús González, born and raised on the El Paso, Texas-Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua border, Professor of Creative Writing & Literature, Laney College, Oakland, California where he founded the Mexican & Latin American Studies Dept., was Poet in residence at Oakland Museum of California and Oakland Public Library 1996. Four times nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he was honored by the National Council of Teachers of English for his writing in 2003; in 2013 received a César E. Chávez Lifetime Award and one by the city of Berkeley 2015; in 2017 was named Berkeley’s first Poet Laureate. http://rjgonzalez.blogspot.com/ <http://rjgonzalez.blogspot.com/>



La Distancia


La distancia entre nosotros
es suelo sagrado
para atravesarse
con los pies desnudos
alzadas las manos
	en danza jubilosa
para que una vez
	cruzado
las huellas de nuestro peregrinaje 
brillen en la oscuridad 
y alumbren nuestro encuentro
con luz brillante y fija.



The Distance


The distance between us
is holy ground
to be traversed
feet bare
hands raised
	in joyous dance
so that once it is
	crossed
the tracks of our pilgrimage
shine in the darkness
& light our coming together
in a bright & steady light.



		~ Rafael Jesús González


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