If In a Poem I Left you Wanting: poesía en inglés y español

by Marie Anzalone, Nelton D. Santiago (editor ), Gustavo Bracamonte (foreward)

This book of bilingual poetry, written in English and Spanish, was created between 2021 and 2023. Marie is an international development specialist and renaissance woman, and she brings her observations into poetry that, as her writer and scientist friend Francisco says, "I see you in every poem, I feel you in each verse. I feel the little girl that you carry inside you and the woman who is a fighter, the incomprehension with the present and the profound love you always carry." This book is divided into two halves. The first half is dedicated to personal reflections, on empowerment, rising out of depression, love, facing down enemies, and family. The second half is dedicated to social justice themed poetry, inspired by work, readings, travels, interviews, etc. This half touches on popular culture, climate justice, loss of freedoms, a woman's place in the world, the world we are creating for the next generation. Marie is an artist, and painted the book cover as well as designed several decorative word clouds for the interior. This book,even more than many previous tomes, was a labor of love for the writer. All works have been hand translated into both English and Spanish.

ISBN: 979-8867965433

387 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2023

About the author

Marie Anzalone is a US born climate change development specialist, living and working in the developing world. She is a professional scientist, economist, translator, editor, and artist; and is also trained as a life coach, freelance writer, and business manager. She runs a small agroecological farm in rural Guatemala with rescue dogs Cinnabon, Brisa, and Benito; cats Reshi and Denna; sheep,;an underground greenhouse; and an experimental carbon capture garden. She has been writing for most of her life. She welcomes travelers to her home, and will start offering author retreats fall 2024.

She writes and edits in both English and Spanish. Her writing has been featured in the human rights journal "Namaste," as well as in several anthologies, and literary publications by Versewrights, Rising Phoenix Press, Circus of the Indie Artist, the Rogue Star, the Larcenist, Pez Saludable, S'tudio M'usical, and Rubber Eden, among others. She has been a frequent contributor of researched articles and essays for various venues. Her work was recently translated into Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Qpiche Maya.

She has 8 stand-alone full published works of poetry. She tackles themes of multi-culturalism and trauma recovery from a woman's perspective in her works, and has started a series of workshops for empowerment of women and youth, which she offers in both languages as well. She has been invited as an international poet to events in Guatemala; Mexico, and the US from 2020 onward. In 2024 she started moderated empowerment poetry events and writing workshops on the national level.

Aside from her pending scientific research publications, she is currently working as a pofessional editor for Ingenium Books. In her spare time, she is designing a farm-to-table cookbook, working on her 9th and 10th bilingual poetry book, and assisting 15 poets, historians, novelists, and story writers to publish their works. She is the co-author of the movement ¨Foco Poeético" that brings the biographies of Guatemalan poets to the national and international stage; "Tu Espacio en Alianza Cultural," which offers a space for local authors to sell their books, and "La Esquina Poética," a virtual poetry magazine for Guatemalan authors.

Marie is a Centro PEN Guatemala registered writer.