Hi

My favorite poet is Juan Antonio Villacañas. His work is largely out of print for a variety of reasons, but there is a link out on the web now with several his poems: http://librodenotas.com/almacen/Archivos/006243.html

My favorite is posted on the site, but I'll post it here too:

Corazón

Qué gracia tienes, corazón. No hay día
que no me digas algo. Me divierte
ser incapaz de verte y conocerte.
Y con qué poco te conocería.

Me das sombra en el pecho. Y alegría.
Me das calor de corazón. Y suerte.
Yo no tengo la culpa de tenerte.
Ni perderte tampoco es culpa mía.

Me das pena también. Y te acaricio.
Y me vuelvo a reír tranquilamente.
Es un defecto de tenerte, un vicio.

Y tiene gracia, corazón. La gente
de corazón no tiene desperdicio.
Pero mi corazón es diferente.

Los vagos pensamientos, 1962

If you fall in love with his work as I did, you can read more of his poems and about his life in a new book by his daughter, entilted: LA POESíA DE JUAN ANTONIO VILLACAñAS: ARGUMENTO DE UNA BIOGRAFíA (OBRA POéTICA 1960-1984). If you google it, it will come right up. Also, I believe one of JAV's books was re-published, but I have not been able to get a hold of it. If anyone gets into this poet - tell me what you think! I'm interested to hear thoughts and opinions on him, since I rarely do!

Lau

[originally posted by super lau on 08-15-2004 11:13 PM]

Now that we have all gotten hot under the collar about Spanish TV, I was wondering if we could move back to the Spanish poetry topic? I see it has been up for some time, but I am curious to know if anyone read my post and read any more of Juan Antonio Villacañas'poems? I'd appreciate even negative comments, just to know someone has an opinion. Thanks.