#poem, «Blackbirds»

(«Cuervos»/Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)

BLACKBIRDS

I knew they flew.
Black feathers
black eyes
ripping through common sense.
Feet pounding,
Fingers reaching.
Feathers are for flying away
and knees scrape
the dirt.

(Francisco Bravo Cabrera, Valencia, 21 JUN 2026)

CHEERS

Bon dia!

(FBC/OCS Valencia/Derechos Reservados)

#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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