Chay Tana

Chica Del Alba Chay Tana

Publisher Marketing: Chica del Alba - 'poetry on the coast of love' - is a bracing collection of 114 Chay Tana poems from 1969 to 2014. Here's one salty and one summery sample which also appears on the back cover of the paperback: 'Song of the Salt Air Gone Dead Love'SeagullsSmoothly wheeling overheadCall me to the air andSea. A salty breezePushes me steadilyTo where the weedAnd crabs stayAnd hereI fall heavily on my kneesShaking my fistsAt the whispering rollOf powder feather wavesBreakingI break tooAnd the seaThe skyThe rushing cloudsAre all too muchAnd I cry ...... And the wind, salty and distant Cries your name back.'Elle (Summer Is Forever)'A dream of nightsMidnight flowersAnd youSapphire heartWarm brown loveIn flowersBy night. You are my cool blueSunshadeMy light lilac misty seaAnd skyBy dayYou're my summer beautyAnd Elle ...... You are forever.(c) 2014 Chay Tana