your arms hugging me
your lips pressed to mineÿ
Lights off in my bedroom.
Remaining,the soft glow
of the computer screen.
What happened? I exclaimed
coming out of the bathroom
all made-up ready to dazzle you.
But I donØt have a chance.
You are upon me.
You embrace me. Turn me around.
I think,my make-up!
But when your tongue
touches mine I concentrate
on the pleasure,the warmth,
the passion. Oh! The ecstasy.
Is morning. I refresh myself.
Get close,massage you gently
provoke you,arouse you. In
the sof glow of the morning
light we ÿ
Camincha
is from Miraflores,Lima,PerÏ. Calls the United States
her second home and keeps close to her roots for she
feels that "it is much easier to get where you want
to go when you are proud of where you come from."
Earned her M.A. in 1987 in Spanish Literature at San
Francisco State University. A member of PEN. Is listed
in A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers.
Was selected by KDTV for their segment "One of Ours"
to honor her contributions to the Latin American community
in the Bay Area. Her poems and short stories have
been published in anthologies: Hard Love, Kaleidoscope,
Four by Four, living room 2, Coloring Book. Also in
Tight, Itcop, Minotaur, Passager, B.B.R./Visions IntØl,
Bull Horn, Morena, Northwest, Literary Forum, CUPS,
Poetry USA, Apocalypse 4, Zambomba and award winner
Perceptions, in their issue dedicated to "The Best
Poetry Since 1982." In Spanish in El Mensajero and
The Pacifica Tribune. Online in soma.com 2003 in ravenchronicles.org,
in wiredhearts.net Millennium Issue and February-March
2001 also in bryant.edu. Her translations in rioarts.com
2001-2003,.She also conducts an ongoing writerØs workshop
in her home, is active in open mic, including bilingual
poetry readings, such as Immigrant Voices. Participated
in 1st Annual Poetry Video at Sacred Grounds Caf³,
San Francisco. Was a panelist at KQED City of Poetry
Celebration and at San FranciscoØs Mission Cultural
Center for La Quinceaøera celebration. Has desktop
published three chapbooks, WHERE I COME FROM, WHERE
I AM GOING,DE DONDE VENGO A DONDE VOY, 1992. INDECENT
EXPOSURE/EXHIBIC”N IMP"DICA, 1993. And WHY DO I THINK
OF DEAD PEOPLE AT POETRY READINGS? 1996.
