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by
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
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$24 ISBN 0-9715983-4-7
Nature, contemplative, prayers, agriculture/ personal experiences of living on a farm in rural northern New Mexico
Beyond the Garden (poetry)
$14
Nature, travel, farming experiences, contemplative
Beyond the Garden (poetry Spanish translation)
$18
Spanish translation by Clara Hilda Padilla of Sonora, Mexico
Toward and Away (narrative poetry)
$14
Living in a round world creates encounters with unavoidable, conflicting patterns of life. When one moves away , one is always moving toward another aspect of one's self. Personal reflections about questions and the call hidden deep in questions
La Última Posada (Christmas Story/Recipes) Price: $24
ISBN 0-9715983-6-3
Publication Date: 1999 second editon
pages: 36
La Última Posada Christmas story is set in northern New Mexico during territorial times.
Included in the text are thirteen detailed traditional Spanish colonial family recipes, and the words to Las Posadas, a Spanish Christmas song with English translation. The "Última Posada" story unfolds a physical and spiritual journey made by a family on Christmas Eve as they struggle to reunite at Mamita's farm over in the next valley. An untimely snowstorm interrupts their journey -- an encounter with a mysterious stranger changes their lives forever. Bonds of family, love and faith are strengthened by all their experiences.
Excerpts
"Que Frio! It was a cold winter's eve in a valley near the foot of the mountainous Sierra called Sangre de Cristo."
"Before Margarita had left, she made sure that once again there would be Posadas. Every night the children would ask Margarita and Manuel about the story of Posadas, and every night they would tell the story...and the story went like this..."
"The carpenter took one last piece of wood. 'Manuel, I think you should go.' Manuel looked at him in surprise..."
"I think we should call her María Luz in honor of the miracle..."
"Mi esposa es María, es Riena del cielo.
Y madre va a ser del Divino Verbo." - excerpt from Las Posadas
La Virgen de Guadalupe (El Huérfano y su Madre)
$12 ISBN 0-9715983-8-x
An epic poem inspired by the account of the tilma of La Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe enshrined at Tepeyac near Mexico City. Also included is an additional poem, The Fragments of My Soul in English with Spanish translation.
Vineyards of Blood (vignettes and poetry)
$18 ISBN 0-9715983-1-2
Imagined encounters with Jesus, Maria and feature poem, Vineyards of Blood/ exploration of religious symbols and their impact
Trilogy (three dramas, songs, poetry and photography)
$33 ISBN 0-9715983-2-0
Three plays--Catedral del Viento concerning the controversy of "Our Lady" digital art work of Alma Lopez/ Marco's Return a Vietnam veteran from Alcalde returns from the war in search of his daughter given up for adoption/ Serenata a romantic play without conflict about love between a cherry tree and the acequia water and how they never want to be separated.
Scream (La Frontera, Las Mujeres Desaparecidas narrative poetry)
$21 ISBN 0-9715983-3-9
La Frontera, an at length narrative poem with Spanish translation by Hector Contreras reflecting on border issues and clashes. Las Mujeres Desparecidas, an at length poem inspired by various trips to
Juárez and conversations with women of Juárez. Final poem inspired by imaginings of grass roots strategies creating social change through communication.
The White Golden Blanket (drama and poetry)
$32 ISBN 0-9715983-0-4
Four act play set in Afghanistan, Pakistan and New York City based on interviews and correspondence with photo journalists and combat journalist/ clash of cultures creates settings where persons unlikely to meet do/ women in conflict in all cultures, women--important in solving world conflicts, landmines, environment, the plight of refugees, reflections on war, death and religion. Poems are also included.
Tecolote Tales (short stories)
$18 ISBN 0-9715983-5-5
Tecolote Tale--a young boy tests his courage and meets an owl who teaches him wiser ways/ The Master and His Slave--two men are marooned on an island learn that survival requires overcoming personal barriers even though they have the physical means to save themselves./ The Psychic Desert--explores an interior world of solitude. Imagination reveals itself in a desert where animals, humans and spirits play out the interior drama of the human spirit.
Infinite Love (intimate poems)
$14 ISBN 0-9715983-7-1
Intimate poems--a love letter to the universe/ a deep request, a Spanish healing remedio for a return to balance in the world.
New Works ( soon to be released)
Ode (music CD)
Mountain and desert visions interplay in a story/ recitation by the author simultaneously with music unfolding through the spoken word
Song of Infinite Love (music CD)
Jazz (voice, string bass, percussion, piano, and flute) rendering of 38 short verses from the book Infinite Love. This work has been performed live with fusion flamenco and modern dance.
The Ending Cricket Song
A recorded voice piece about fall--crickets that sing through out spring and summer are slowly dying away as each freeze occurs during the fall--a lament and acknowledgement that the growing season is ending and winter is about to begin. This piece has been done live as a sound/ echo piece with live and recorded voice and interpretive dance movement.
Bear
Foot Song (A
Passage through
Transformation)
Price:
$21  Essays
and Short Story
Publication
Date: (August) 2005 first
edition
pages:
60
size:
8"x 11"
Bear
Foot Song is
comprised of three
essays -- "Miracles
and Perception,"
"Leadership"
and "Resonance."
A
story ("Bear Foot
Song") appears
in between each essay and
interconnects objective
thought and fantasy into a
concise reading
experience.
The
reader is taken on a
journey through a world of
ideas and imagination.
Bear
Foot Song is an
offering of new beginnings
suggesting "bold and
courageous actions of love
and peace."
The
author believes "we can
acquire through
'search' a personal
initiation of life that
re-ignites an inner
flame of innocence that
keeps the spirit alive."
Excerpts
"I
don't think they know
what they're talking
about, but still, a little
curious voice inside me
asks these brown, furry
creatures..."
"These
various examples
illustrate the
'natural' function of
the miracle..."
"Oh
she is so green, so alive
with clouds, with water,
with living
creatures..."
"A
barrage of questions
begins to surface.
What gives us the
strength to selectively
choose what influences us?
What is required to
stand up alone in a group
and state a different
opinion? What initiates
other actions such as
asking questions, doing
research, following
through?"
"The most important thing to recognize is that
nothing is permanent and
'we' are change."
The
Vote
(non-fiction narrative)
Price:
$30
ISBN
0-9715983-9-8
Publication
Date: (August) 2005 first
edition
#pages:
109
8"x11"
The
Vote is a
non-fiction narrative
about the author's
experience of being a
Challenger for the
Democratic Party at the
Alcalde Precinct #2,
November 2, 2004. The
account covers a period
during the election
campaign, the Election Day
and time after the
election. It is about the
personal experience of
political involvement.
Her
narrative is derived from
a citizen's point of
view -- "What happens
when a regular, over
worked American Citizen
decides to get involved in
the political process of
an election?" Like
millions of Americans,
Vergara has questions and
seeks to reveal the
laments and challenges of
living in a changing
world.
Excerpts
"I
began to see the outskirts
of Española, then the
road construction on the
main street. Finally, I
arrived at the Labor's
International Union
Hall..."
"I
watch the voters quietly
wait their turn.
I wonder about
their future and
mine..."
"I opened the envelope to go through the contents and
as I began to take time to
read the information, I
realized that it was such
important
information..."
Shalt
(Oda a la
vida)
Price: $14
Publication
Date: ( May) 2005 first
edition
pages:
13
Shalt
is narrative poetry by
Sylvia Ernestina Vergara
with Spanish translation
done by Carmen Julia
Olguín,
of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Sylvia Ernestina
Vergara's English
narrative poem is a
celebration of "blood as
life -- flowing red and
vibrant in our physical
beings."
Shalt
is a poetic paraphrase of
the commandment, "Thou
Shalt Not Kill."
Excerpts
"Thou
shalt turn to the heart
Listen
and feel its pulse..."
"No
debes robar el apasionado
color de la sangre..."
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