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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

Mido en tazas

Antes lograba tanto
Metía horas
Sacando lo máximo
De cada minuto
No he cambiado
Mis prioridades
Sino como mido
Ahora mido en tazas
Tazas de café
Ahora mido en amistades
En descanso y abrazos
Mi logro
Que salí de la cama

(2014)

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Preferido o celebrado por...
Tomás Pablo Las Peñas The Verse
Otras obras de Laura Alaniz...
Miss America

If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
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Sin fuerzas

No es solo la tristeza Aunque si lo estoy No es por el desanimo Aunque si me desanimo No es tan sencillo
Can we talk?

A conversation With a true friend Leaves your life richer Maybe with a laugh A smile on your face
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companions for life

Husband and wife Companions for life Mature love that deepens And mellows with time Life’s eroding winds
The nightwriter

My poems are short Written at night In my head I wake at dawn Shake my memory
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Hank the golden retriever

Left on a leash Is no way to live He disappeared I like to imagine He’s running in a field
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Floating above the surface

I wallow in my sadness As it pools up It has not swallowed me Who floats above its surface This surface
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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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Strong hands

Strong hands Hold me down To the bed I say to them I have to go
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It's all in my head

An idea In my head Falls flat On paper Read it
Genius

To be genius means To not follow the rules You don’t have to I wish to be smart But not self-important
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You are loved

Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?
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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
Secrets

Good secret Bubbles inside Let me out Bad secret Indigestion
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Love is in the details

Ask any female Love Is in the details I love you Three greatest words
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