My new collection of poetry is now available. Please support my work and the work of Cowfeather Press, a small amazing publisher in Madison, Wisconsin. You can purchase Luz de Todos los Tiempos from the Cowfeather Press website or contact me directly at moisesvillavicencio (at) gmail (dot) com.
Advance Praise
I have known this marvelous poet,
Moisés Villavicencio Barras, for many years. It is a pleasure to finally
see his work published in a bi-lingual edition. His poety reflects
devotion to Mexico, to his native Oaxaca, and to his family. The
histories here, and the mysteries, come from the hand of a poet who
should be read, whomust be heard. One finds here a mind focused on the
beauty of language and the deep song of loveliness and love.—Neeli Cherkovski, author of Leaning Against Time
Read Moisés Villavicencio Barras's poems in Light of All Times and
enter a dark, familiar theater of heartfelt longing. A theater
skillfully built of forceful words and raw beauty. Do not trust the
coyote at the crossing; trust the power of the eye, the ear, and the
heart of this poet. —Bruce Dethlefsen, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2011-2012
Moisés Villavicencio Barras's second
collection of poetry offers us in lush, sensual language his childhood
in Oaxaca and his Mazatec ancestors, his family life both there and in
the U. S., and the experience of belonging to both far and near. In
these poems, his
self-reflective vision of living at once in the North and South
awakens us to what is near, just outside the window, and to
what is far, the jaguar in the ravine. He is a poet of such imaginative
grace that, even after I've closed the book, I want to listen and be
vulnerable enough to hear a voice speak this way again. In this bravely
envisioned collection of poems, we read and feel transformed in its
light, having grown closer to one another and to the earth, the source
of song and beauty. —Roberta Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison
