Welcome to the class of 2025-2026!

Dear Students,

We've been working together for a month now, and I am having a good time while introducing you to the literature written in English. I hope you've realized by now that you're doing the degree that you wanted to do, and also that you feel welcome and accepted on the Humanities Campus. I'll do my best to help you feel at home!

I know for a fact that one of the best ways to learn about literature is reading, that goes without saying, but writing is essential too. So that's why I created this blog--so that those of you who want to try their hands at writing feel encouraged to do so and can have a place to see their texts published. I'm sure there are a few writers among you... so I'll be waiting for you to come out and let us all enjoy your amazing works!

Best wishes,

Carolina

Sonnet: The last winter night

 

Patricia González Sánchez

November 2024

Sonnet: The last winter night

As snow was falling, cold was winter night

The others’ laughter fill the hearths inside,

And under rays of dimmed enchanted light

The swaying snowy trees move side to side.

The smell of household gathers fills the air,

A feast of well old-aged memorial tales.

And holly chants resound for winter's fair

Undoing all remains of previous haze

As whining whistle wind blows fallen leaves

With crackling fire breaking tranquil rooms.

For when no cause could bring us pain or grieve

Eyes stare up high to gape the bright new moon.

But lost, she drenched in aged and wrenching tears

And laid alone the last of all her years.

When Peonies Grow

 Miriam Alexandra Kovacs

October 2024

When peonies grow, the garden breathes anew,

Eternal love awakens in their hue.

Their petals soft, like secrets gently shared,

In every bloom, a promise long declared.

As sunlight spills and whispers through the leaves,

Our hearts entwine, a love that never grieves.

With every season, colors bold and bright

In this embrace, we find our light.

So let us tend this haven, hand in hand

For in this bond, we trace our everlasting land.

As long as flowers flourish

Miriam Alexandra Kovacs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Octubre 2024

As long as flowers grace the summer air,

Eternal love will flourish pure and fair.

Two iambic pentameters by Carla Crespo Pando

 

Carla Crespo Pando

                                                                                            October 2024

So Anne has shone as bright as sun and moon

As long as sun and light can kiss my heart.

A poem in iambic pentameters by Teodor Nicolae

 

Teodor Nicolae

                                                                         October 2024

I thought I was on top of all the world,

A fleeting star that sparkled in her eye.

But shadows crept and doubts around me swirled,

Until I lost my way within her light.

Four iambic pentameters by Flavia Acosta Fernández

 

Flavia Acosta Fernández

                            

                                                                                                                                            October 2024

I try to look away, but then your lips

They make me wish I was the wine you drink.

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My mind, the painful voice that ruled my life.

Your eyes, the light that made me feel alive.