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Denisse Español
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I have a woman in my basket. I carry her through the fiery meadows. Her body, a million latent petals, shakes my structure. I scatter her over the earth, let her petals fall among the rocks. The sprout of her breath is a lethal lightning bolt, a clandestine hollow—birthing flowers from her multiple soils. We have walked to the sea. She is a fish now on the waves —her laughter tangled in the seaweed, her voice running free to the edge of the salt. This simple woman breaks the world with her legs, furious nutcracker of injustices. Infinite in flight, she makes her petals soar in the wind. My basket seems empty. She is now a woman confirmed a thousand times —vast, unfolded, lulling the cosmos with her womb. From the book A house in the palm of your hand |
DENISSE ESPAÑOL is a poet and architect from Dominican Republic. She did architecture from Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University in 1998 and Master of Critical Architecture and Project, Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 2000. She has a Master of Advanced Studies in Spanish and Latin American Literature, University of Barcelona, 2017. She is a teacher of the subject “Poetry Workshop” of the Virtual Diploma of Creative Writing for Caribbean Writers. She is a member of the steering committee of the Santo Domingo International Poetry Week Festival and current executive director of the same. She is also a member of the board of the Anticanon project and Director of the annual Punta Cana Poetry Recital. She was winner of 2nd place in the Guajana 2014 poetry contest (Puerto Rico). Her books include Tomorrow is no day (2013), A house in the palm of your hand (2016) MediaIsla editors, Symphony of Salt (2019) MediaIsla editors, The Women I Am (2019), Editorial Anticanon and Cartemas, Luna Insomne editors (2023).
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