For every secret

For every secret, there is a truth
  hiding in the deep, dark crevasses 
    of the soul , and it struggles to be free.
In the darkness, it comes blind
   to the concept of time and space,
     all the while wanting to be released.
There are those who wish to
   bury it with more like it, and the
      situation gets more crowed and complex.
Then comes the time and place when
   the lies are exposed and ashes of
      destroyed lives fall to the ground.
For every choice, there is a price
   and there is nothing that is really free
      when there are those who are sacrificed.

Say What?

Say what?
When did you hear that?
That’s crazy. You know it can’t be true.
I find it hard to believe you.
You want to say it’s a fact,
But it’s truth you lack.
Your words need substantiated.
A part of me needs some proof,
Not just a printed artifact.
Got to go. Let me know when
You know what you’re talking about.

 Mujer, Cambiaste mi Vida

El poema “Mujer, Cambiaste mi Vida” fué publicado originalmente el 28 de febrero 2003 en el periódico ‘El Heraldo de Brownsville.’ Para ver la versión original en inglés, haga click here.

Mujer, llegaste a mi vida
No puedo mirar a nadie más.
Mujer, te quiero.

Tus grandes ojos cafés me miraron
Y se alojaron en mi alma
Todo lo que sé es que te quier.

Nunca escuché lo que dijiste
Pero cambiaste mi vida
Tu belleza es un misterio

¿De donde surgiste?
Primero te ví en las penumbras,
Después tomaste mi Corazón.

Mujer, llegaste a mi vida
No puedo mirar a nadie más.
Mujer…te quiero.

Newsletter for the World of Words by Elias Tobias

Chaos and Confusion this month’s theme

The news today shows a world of chaos and confusion. A war in the middle east and hotel  bombings share the headlines with the drastic swings of the stock market related to home mortgages and investment banks.   Local and state governments are asked to share the relief of financial institutions and victims of hurricanes at the same time.  Gas prices are high, and so is unemployment.   I know what it is like since I’m looking for a full-time regular job myself.  Keeping a family together is hard with the challenges of raising children and increasing food prices.

What can a poet do about this? Not save the world, but maybe a piece of it.  He or she can look around and see what good can be accomplished with the power of words.  Expressions of what needs to be changed have been the source for poets throughout the centuries.  That is the writer’s challenge.

Contact link changed

Due to a problem with spam, the former link is not longer valid, and it has been replaced with contact(at)eliastobias(dot)com.   The latter should be used from now on for any type of correspondence with this site.

Eid SMS Poetry on International Poetry Link Exchange

Looking for big collection of poetry? Poetry Bazar have all type of urdu shiry, sms shairy, love you shairy, romantic shairy, event shairy, ramadan shairy, funny shairy, hindi shairy, mast shairy, sad shairy, friendship shairy, punjabi shairy collection.  Go to Eid SMS Poetry by Annee Jaames at http://www.poetrybazar.com/. This os one of several web site from around the world as part of the International Poetry Link Exchange on the World of Words  by Elias Tobias.  If you have a poetry web site you want others to see, go to contact(at)eliastobias(dot)com and send your information. Then put the World of Words by Elias Tobias  link (/) on your site.

Poems to be published
In September, Elias Tobias annnounced that “A Juicy Poem”  is to be published in “Favourite Memories” anthology by Noble House of New York, London and Paris. Also,  ”Calico Creek” was chosen as an Editor’s Choice Award by Poetry.com, in August, 2008, and is to be published in the Immortal Verses Series.”

Spanish poems appearing on World of Words

A new book or category, Words of Inspiration or “Palabras de Inspiración,” has been created on the World of Word by Elias Tobias poetry web blog and one poem by Elias Tobias will be featured each week on the site.

“After living on the border of Texas for 16 years, I know that a world of Hispanic culture includes creative writing, and that in my mind, means poetry,” Tobias said. “”Hispanics have a very colorful and imaginative literature tradition.”

The poems for the new book were previously published in the Spanish-language newspaper section of The Brownsville Herald in Brownsville, Texas.  Each poem on the poetry weblog will be linked to its English cousin, for those who want to switch back and forth.

Armed with 30 or so poems by Elias Tobias already translated, the shift to help meet poetic needs the Hispanics world wide will be accomplished with the new book or category, “Palabras de Inspiración,” on the World of Word by Elias Tobias poetry weblog.

Much of the credit of the new book goes to Santos Garcia, the news editor of the Spanish publication of the Brownsville Herald, who initially translated and published the poems. Sandra Toledo, a Spanish instructor has been preparing the Spanish-language pages for publication in the poetry blog.