{"id":491,"date":"2025-01-25T04:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T04:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/?p=491"},"modified":"2025-01-25T04:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T04:48:54","slug":"meeting-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/uncategorized\/meeting-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Raphael Block<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the windshield, light gleams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on the fields, the light green willow leaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>running along the creeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>seem brighter set<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>against the just beginning greening hills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dotted with oaks, cows, sheep,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>small clumps of shy-hoofed deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All chomp in well-manured pastures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>as I, too, stand richly fed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vultures wing soundless circles overhead,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a perched hawk, red-tailed, its haunting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>call withdrawn, spies smaller prey;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>crows rush, gust and clatter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>onto walnut limbs to cackle and muster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I loom with the hunter,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>quail with its prey, prattle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with companions until our souls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>are full-flush-fleshed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Walker Creek, a thousand white woolen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>eyes crown coyote brush,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dried fennel stalks drop silent seed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>among these wild ones, I flourish and breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>under sun-fog-rain sway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coiling bends round the broadening bay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>whose undulating ripples peep between,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>lending ease and grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>against the pine-clad ridges, as the scudding sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>plays upon my skin into unseen depths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sprawled on the verge, a car-killed deer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>awaits its airborne team with sharpened smell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to pick it clean. All seeps, sings and bounds in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it the light or the light<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that I am soon to leave?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On boughed knees rest old trees sinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>into softened sod. The turn of seasons watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their path is slowly set, while mine is filled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with urgency to laud and praise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>give back one speck, one jot, of all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you pour into these marrowed bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Encontrando la luz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Por Raphael Block<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La luz centellea a <em>trav\u00e9s<\/em> del parabrisas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>encima de los campos, las hojas de los sauces<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>que corren verde claro a lo largo de los arroyos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>parecen m\u00e1s brillantes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>contra las colinas reci\u00e9n reverdecidas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>salpicadas de roble, vacas, ovejas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>y peque\u00f1as manadas de ciervos <em>de paso inquieto<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todos forrajean en pastizales bien estercoladas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>y yo tambi\u00e9n me encuentro bien alimentado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriba los zopilotes dan vueltas mudas,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>un halc\u00f3n colorado, su grito agudo allanado,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>acecha su presa diminutiva;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>los cuervos, puro gusto y traqueteo,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>brincan a las ramas del nogal a convocarse y cacarear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me quedo con el cazador,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>perdiz con su presa, parloteo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>con compa\u00f1eros hasta que las almas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>se nos llenan robustas de rubor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por el arroyo de Walker, mil ojos de lana blanca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>se asoman los arbustos de coyote,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tallos secos de hinojo sueltan sus semillas mudas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florezco y respiro con estos silvestres<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bajo el vaiv\u00e9n de sol, niebla y lluvia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bobinas se doblan alrededor de la <em>bah\u00eda<\/em> ensanchada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cuyos rizos se asoman a ondular<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>aprestando alivio y gracia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>contra las crestas con\u00edferas, a la vez que el sol se desliza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jugando encima de mi piel hacia fondos ocultos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Por el <em>arc\u00e9n<\/em>, un venado aplastado por auto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>espera su escuadrilla, olfato afilado,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a descarnarlo. Todo me penetra, me canta, me abunda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bfEs la luz? \u00bfO la luz que me despida?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrodillados los ancianos \u00e1rboles se descansan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>huni\u00e9ndose dentro del c\u00e9sped mojado. La vuelta de temporadas los presencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paso a paso su rumbo se fija a la vez que el m\u00edo se llena<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>con la urgencia de alabar y elogiar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>para devolver una mota, una jota de todo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>que viertes dentro del tu\u00e9tano de estos huesos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"&quot;The Dreams We Share&quot; book trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zr4WvSNHqVw?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Raphael Block \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Through the windshield, light gleams on the fields, the light green willow leaves running along the creeks seem brighter set against the just beginning greening hills dotted with oaks, cows, sheep, small clumps of shy-hoofed deer. All chomp in well-manured pastures as I, too, stand richly fed. 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