8888PAN DULCE (POEMS)
8888Jacinto Jesús Cardona
8888Cover Alex Rubio
8888Cover Photo by Kathy Varegas
8888CHILI VERDE PRESS 1998
8888ISBN: 0-9640612-0-1
888840pp		 8888IMPRESSED IN STONE
8888Charles Owsley © 1995
8888Cover by John Leal
8888CHILI VERDE PRESS
8888ISBN; 0-9640612-6-0
888884pp
TOC (9 of 15) WHY AM I SO BROWN By Trinidad Sánchez, Jr. and Illusion of Inclusion By Rodolfo Rosales

8888PAN DULCE

8888ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JACINTO JESUS CARDONA was born in Palacios, Texas,
but grew up in Alice, the Hub of South Texas. He teaches English at John F. Kennedy High School in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to publishing his poems in literary journals, he has read his poetry on National Public Radio and PBS Television.


8888NAMES OF PAN DULCE

Abanico/fan
Abrazo/embrace
Alamar/fabric frog
Almohada/pillow
Arete/earring
Beso/kiss
Bunuelo/fritter
Campechana/cheerful one
Cocol/rhombus
Concha/shell
Copetona/haughty woman
Coraz6n/heart
Corbata/tie
Cuerno/horn
Chamuco/devil
Chismosa/gossip
Chorreada/dirty face
Chula/pretty one
Churro/doughnut-like stick
Dia y noche/day and night
Dona/doughnut
Empanada/turnover

   Hueso azucarado/sugared bone
Ilusíon/illusion
Labios/lips
Lechuza/screech owl
Libro/book
Maleta/suitcase
Marranito/little pig
Media noche/midnight
Monja/nun
Muela/tooth
Novia/bride
Nudo/knot
Oreja/ear
Pan de muerto/Day of the Dead bread
Pan de polvo/wedding day cookies
Peineta/comb
Piedra/rock
Polvorón/powdery cookie
Portamoneda/coin purse
Presumida/conceited girl
Quequecito/little cake
Regañada/a scolding
Rehilete/pinwheel
Rueda/wheel
Sol y sombra/sun and shade
Suspiro/sigh
Trenza/braid
Tljeras/scissors
Tornillo/screw
Volcan/volcano
 

8888Praise for IMPRESSED IN STONE

In the eloquent and moving poem, "When Poets Die", Owsley reveals that he has the makings of the quintessential poet: The gentle bard akin to Walt Whitman, and the virile man of letters expounding hard but necessary truths. This is where the strength of these poems lies - in their sincerity, their wholeness, and paradoxically, their understated craft. Essentially, this is the function of poetry: To undo the fragile web of life and to give us, via the magic of words, a poet's 		  sense of who we are.
8888—Angela de Hoyos

The poems of Charles Owsley are honorable companions, deep and rich in wisdom and vision, forthright in language and story. You could turn to them again and again and trust what you find.
8888—Naomi Shihab Nye

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