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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Hospitality

Hospitality
To love a stranger
It need not be much
For one who has little
Will appreciate it
All the more
Humanity
To feel his hunger
For food
For warmth
For company
Hospitality

(2015)

To be more generous
More inviting
Work in progress

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The nightwriter

My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
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Proposal

My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition
70/30

I spend all my time Fighting with you In my head If we fought At least it would be
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Powerful words

I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
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She listens

Long and slender Her every movement Deliberate and graceful Composed as She listens quietly
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My body is perfect

My body is perfect —ly spotted The white spots I tell myself Are my Bambi spots
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Little toddler

If I could draw a tree In all it’s complexity Would you be impressed? If I could draw a human face It would be but a trace
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Rubber ducky

Rough day Rough night If I could live In my bath Water would never
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Mujer Tan Complicada

Yo te amo Tres palabras Que solucionen todo Para la mujer Tan complicada
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How do you measure pain?

How do you measure pain? All is relative and personal Even with one’s own self It is impossible to compare As memory distorts pain
Happiness

I cannot let you hold my happiness For your hand to caress or to drop It is not healthy It is not safe For your happiness to depend on an… I’m taking it back but no longer r…
Dos vidas entretejidas

¿Te fue mal el día? Me va mal también a mi Dos vidas entretejidas Irrevocablemente Te cargo a ti encima
If I could make you smile

If I could make you smile Just once Sincerity From an appreciative heart It would make all of it worthwhile
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Chills & Thrills

I do not enjoy roller coasters I am not chicken But they say You just have to try it! So I do
Heart sick

The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I
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