#poem, «People Like Me»

(Details from Jazz-Art by Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

PEOPLE LIKE ME

I dance on the grave.
I know you loved to dance.

A tiny crab two-steps
through Sargasso,
feeding on dead crabs
that danced there before.

Mackerels and barracudas
just beneath the surface,
and people like me
just above it.

(Valencia, 21 JUN 2025, Francisco Bravo Cabrera)

Bon dia! – Good Morning!

(Photo by GAB/OCS Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

Som com grans de sorra que en una platja tenim la força per aturar la marea…

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We are like grains of sand; together we form a beach strong enough to hold back the tides…

Bon dia! Good Morning!

(Aegean Sea/photo by GAB/OCS Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

Bon dia a tothom. Avui és un gran dia per a tothom, gràcies a Déu.

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Good morning to everyone! Today is a great day for all, thanks to God.

Gràcies – Cheers

#poem, «The Crowd»

(«Midtown»/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

THE CROWD

I form faces from the mass of people
exiting the metro.
Faces with ten eyes,
dozens of noses,
no mouth,
and feet in black and white
trainers rushing somewhere.

(Valencia, España, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 19 JUN 2026)

CHEERS

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Good Morning Sunshine!

(“Sunrise over the Aegean”/GAB/OCS Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

“With gratitude and humility each day becomes an adventure and a joy filled with blessings. God is the Creator.” (FBC/OCS Valencia)

CHEERS

#poem, «Palm Tree»

(Palm tree of Miami Beach/Photo by and property of FBC/OCS Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

PALM TREE

In fact you can resist the wind.
You exist in lands of hurricanes.
You rise to block the sun.
An arrow thrust into the sand.
Fronds like
Aztec jade.

But where do your roots belong?
Clinging to the foundations
Of the Earth.
Travelling through
those grains of power.

I know you can resist the hurricane
because you too
become the storm.

(Valencia, Spain, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 18 JUN 2026)

CHEERS

Bon dia! Good Morning!

(Photo by GAB/OCS Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

«La bellesa incomparable ens envolta. Mireu-la. Sigueu agraïts. Cultiveu un cor humil.» (FBC/OCS València)

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“Beauty beyond compare is all around us. Take a look. Be grateful. Cultivate a humble heart.” (FBC/OCS Valencia)

CHEERS