Hoy en LatinosUSA: Francisco Bravo Cabrera: Poemas cortos

(FBC/representado por un actor)

AZUL Luz de neónparpadea en la viga centenaria.Chasquido de maracascontra la cuarta aumentada:el azul golpea la retina,dispara la sinapsishasta la uña que tañe el acero. Teclas negras del piano.Filo de dientes—sabuesos al acechoen la penumbra. +++ BLANCO Pentagrama sin sombras:el piano insiste solo en teclas blancas.Murmullo gris,el hielo se deshace en el whiskey.Corbatas negras, aflojadas.Un

Francisco Bravo Cabrera: Poemas cortos

El pensamiento del día – The Thought of the Day

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“Dicen que un pueblo unido jamas será vencido, pero es mentira. ‘El pueblo’ no existe. La masa, que es otra cosa, si, pero la masa es veleidosa y cuando la mandan a actuar nunca se sabe lo que van a hacer. El pueblo pide derechos pero ignora sus deberes. El pueblo tiene que trabajar si quiere beneficios. El gobierno no tiene porque meterse en las cosas del pueblo.”

“They say that that the ‘people’ united are ‘invincible’ but it’s a lie. There is no such thing as ‘the people’. There are the masses; and the masses are fickle. So when they are motivated to go out and ‘act’ one never knows what they will end up doing. ‘The people’ demand rights but ignore their duties. The ‘people’ have to work to earn benefits and the government has no right to intervene or interfere.”

FRANCISCO BRAVO CABRERA

Bon dia!

Y la verdad es que la mayoría presume y les importa un bledo la evidencia…

«Savage Anatomy» (poetry by Bodo Vespaciano, a.k.a. Francisco Bravo Cabrera)

(«Cubist Self-Portrait No. 11″/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

SALVAGE ANATOMY

There is a city inside the glass
and we are the light looking for its seam.

My mother said when the house catches,
don’t run. Learn the grammar of ash.

At the bar, blue neon
keeps finding the same stain on the floor.
You sit with your hands folded, palms up,
like tools left on a counter by someone not coming back.

Who taught you to keep silver
where the damp could reach it?

Out front, the men are talking.
Each carries his father somewhere below the sternum,
not dead enough to bury.
They call the chain freedom
when the links are long enough to walk around in.

Inside, the jukebox skips on the same word
the way a tongue returns to a missing tooth.

I have learned the evening
the way you learn a coat from someone else’s shoulders:
where the elbows go, where the lining gives.

All we own is the brief heat
between striking the match
and learning what we have set fire to.


(Francisco Bravo Cabrera/a.k.a. Bodo Vespaciano, Valencia, 07 OCT 2026)

Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera

YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera

Enfoque: REMBRANDT – Focus: REMBRANDT

La historia del arte no seria igual sin lo que aportó este gran pintor neerlandés que fue pintor, dibujante y grabador. Vivió siempre en su tierra natal, habiendo nacido en Leiden, 1606 y murió en Amsterdam, 1669. Además de ser considerado el mas importante pintor neerlandés es también considerado uno de los grandes maestros de

Enfoque: REMBRANDT – Focus: REMBRANDT

«Savage Anatomy» (poetry by Bodo Vespaciano, a.k.a. Francisco Bravo Cabrera)

(«Cubist Self-Portrait No. 11″/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

SALVAGE ANATOMY

There is a city inside the glass
and we are the light looking for its seam.

My mother said when the house catches,
don’t run. Learn the grammar of ash.

At the bar, blue neon
keeps finding the same stain on the floor.
You sit with your hands folded, palms up,
like tools left on a counter by someone not coming back.

Who taught you to keep silver
where the damp could reach it?

Out front, the men are talking.
Each carries his father somewhere below the sternum,
not dead enough to bury.
They call the chain freedom
when the links are long enough to walk around in.

Inside, the jukebox skips on the same word
the way a tongue returns to a missing tooth.

I have learned the evening
the way you learn a coat from someone else’s shoulders:
where the elbows go, where the lining gives.

All we own is the brief heat
between striking the match
and learning what we have set fire to.


(Francisco Bravo Cabrera/a.k.a. Bodo Vespaciano, Valencia, 07 OCT 2026)

Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera

YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera