Three erotic poems by Camincha

THAT BOUQUET

My love Thank you!
your roses are keeping me company till we
get together again.
Meantime I practice
placing my fingertips at the bottom of the blossom
where the petals swell up next to the stem. I caress
them softly,over and over.
Placing my lips on the tips of the petals
after a week in the vase
they are hard,stiff I lick them
over and over. Meantime I practice....

YOU you,you,you

are my inspiration.
When you are by my side
it goes the way of flowers
colors,music,love scents.
The way of blue skies,
ligths,stars,birds,
fire crackers, rocketsÿ
When you are away
it goes the way of red
bloody pieces of meat
hanging from rusty metal
hooks at the butcher's shop.

MY HOMBRE

I feel better now my hombre.
Moment ago was hurting,
missed you so... my hombre.
Then a poem sprung
from deep within me
so deeeep... my hombre. It carries a piece of my
liver,a bite of my left
kidney,some blood from my
vagina and tears from my
heart... my hombre. I noticed all that as the
syllables unfolded,as the
letters strung themselves
into words to form the
lines of my poem.. . my hombre. I feel better now ÿ my hombre.
No wonder,for as you approach I
find my liver is talking to
yours. And one of my kidneys is
fitting itself in available space.
Now you are complete... my hombre
for my vagina has penetrated
you and is coming through your
mouth dripping blood and tears
from my heart,mixing with
yours as you carry my image
on your left sleeve.

bio: 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 com- munity in the Bay Area. Her poems and short stories have been published 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 also in anthologies: Hard Love, Kaleidoscope,Four by Four,living room 2.Online inwww.wiredhearts.net Millennium Issue and February-March2001,in http://web.bryant.edu/~bir/2001/.htm-7k. Her translations in http://www.rioarts.com. 2001-2003 and in www.ravaenchronicles.org 2003. Conducts ongoing writerØs workshop in her home,is active in open mic,including bilingual poetry readings,such as Immigrant Voices,1995. Participated in 1st Annual Poetry Video at Sacred Grounds Caf³,San Francisco,1993. Was a panelist at KQED City of Poetry Celebration and at San FranciscoØs Mission Cultural Center,for their La Quinceaøera celebration. Has desktop published 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. The San Francisco Bay Guardian, says: "Camincha frames the ordinary in a way that makes it extraordinary,and that is real talent."*