Raquel Polanco > Quotes

“Like all art, poetry becomes the art of soul alchemy.”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“Mija, you are poetry in a world that is still learning the alphabet”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“Missing is longing,
but requires the rememory of the past
Remembering things as they were
Not romanticizing them as they were not

Thus re-memory becomes the lifeblood of moving forward

moving on and letting go.=”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“Eternity is a timeless poet, begging to be experienced. We are the ones who keep running out of paper.”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“To know weakness and glory simultaneously through feel-it-all-human-sincerity. This is the most human form of anything and absolutely everything that still exists under the sun.”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“She is fluent in freedom and fully self-aware of her connection with the land. She is exploring solely for the sake of her self-discoverry. She is exploradora: anchored in the Truth and captivated by the Way.”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“If love ends in a foreign language
and no one is around to translate
is it truly lost?”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish

“Fire, flame, or flicker
I am
eternal wick
set ablaze
in the burrows
of my bones
Can't shut up
Won't sit still
Burning bush
Consuming
Driest bones
with heaven's rain
I'm speaking to it
Bringing back to life.”
― Raquel Polanco, Daydreaming in Spanglish