Mujer de otoño con profecías by Rogelio Ramírez Herrera

Una mujer otoñal, transparente y sensible
como el lenguaje de la montaña,
susurra cánticos ancestrales
desde la desaparecida Sealth.

Una mujer que evoca tiempos de nostalgia,
en otoño,
aparece toda rodeada de neblina.

Sorprendido,
descubro que ella es mucho más frágil
que el cristal y mucho más hermosa
que las efímeras flores de primavera
de Punta Alki.

Entonces,
sucede el milagro:
con las varas y hojas secas
que se desprenden de su vestido de otoño,
construyo una cesta para guardar
sus montañas, sus mitos nativos y sus melancólicos cantos.

Rogelio Ramírez Herrera

Rogelio Ramírez Herrera, Mexican archaeologist and essayist. Retired. He was a Full-Time Researcher at the Museum and Institute of Anthropology at the Universidad Veracruzana (Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico). He taught in the Archaeology program at the Faculty of Anthropology of the same university. He has served as curator of archaeological exhibitions in Switzerland, the USA, and Mexico. He has published with various editorials. His notable books include: Humano-Felino (1997), Presencia Olmeca en el Centro de Veracruz (1997), El tecolote canta en octubre (2002), Culturas cercanas, personas distantes (2003), and Arqueología y Etnohistoria (2009). He has ventured into literary fields with the publication of short stories and poetry in various journals and cultural supplements, such as La palabra y el hombre (Universidad Veracruzana), Silabario (AZ), and Revista de Arqueología (Zugartu Ediciones, Spain). Since 2024, he has resided in Federal Way, Washington State, USA.

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