"Nade y Nade" by Evangelina Vigil, and for the most part I liked the poems. I can understand why my profes and others tell me my poetry is to short. Most of her poems in this collection are only a few (6-8) lines long. Le falta, y queria mas. The book is from the library so I made copies I could write on. Some of my favorite lines:
"no se cual es mas peligroso:
lo hondo
o la corriente"
(lo hondo)
"los chicanos
le tienen miedo a los indios"
(escame)
Looking at her poems published at 29 years old and the current styles of 30's people contrast the current focus on details and elaborateness. I enjoy the simplicity of the poems because her words can be interpreted by reader without being fed to many images by the reader. I try that with my own writing, but it's always about more and specific images. They want to see my world, but my poetry isn't just about my world. It's about words, what they mean to each person, and the change of context based on environments.
anyways, I liked her poems, but I see the need to elaborate. Otherwise, years from now they might appear to simplistic.
