Category: Poetry Publisher: Word Wrangler Publishing, Inc.
ISBN-10: 1586300091
Type: Fiction
Pages: 51
Copyright: Oct 1 1999
Passionate poetry penned from the heart and soul of Yolanda Gallardo.
An inimitable canvassing of the scenes of life painted with articulate strokes of a pen, The Fragile Thread speaks to all ages.
Reading Yolanda Gallardo's poetry reveals a rough mosaic of life. When one steps away and reflects upon the fragility of life's moments, the roughness is replaced by the simple beauty of the meaning of life.
Powerful and often poignant, the words of Yolanda will find their way into your heart.
Excerpt
Her Name
Hey, Jezebel, (her name)
hoots the ulotrichous old timer,
winking a cataract eye
at the red-haired woman;
tongue traveling over
lips of dried wine,
as he fumbles with his
safety pin zipper.
Baggage, (her name)
agree two Christian ladies,
under clean bonnets
and dirty minds, while
clutching the good book
to fallen breasts;
assuring them safe passage
to heaven.
Oye Baby, (her name)
"How much?"
whispers a pot-valiant domino player;
sharkskin pants contrasting
with netted tee-shirt,
proudly divulging his nipples.
Mama, (her name)
"Look at the picture
I drew in school today,"
boasts the best dressed,
best fed kid on the block,
as he escapes a bear hug embrace,
and they both climb the stairs for
home,
singing.
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.
Questions, unquestioned discoveries, and answers in parable and rhyme…. This collection records a journey starting with a 1960s retrospective and the first man on the moon, moving to a new millennium welcomed in with a terrorist spin, family crises,
