Black Bone by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2017-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

RICARDO NAZARIO Y COLÓN

Of Jíbaros and Hillbillies

for Minnie Curtis y Castor Rivera

The people of the forest speak with a natural wisdom.

Though thousands of miles apart, they find understanding

in the healing powers of Yerbas Buenas.

Call them Curanderos, Jíbaros and Hillbillies.

Birthed in the land and raised by mountains,

they know what it means to live overshadowed

in a place where so many green things grow.

Scotch-Irish, African-Andalucian and Cherokee-Taíno blood

forged them into poets, composers, and great storytellers.

They delight in the flavor of chocolate gravy,

pimento cheese, and the warmth of fresh cow’s milk.

From the method of seasoning a black iron skillet

to the baroque manner in which a man courts a woman,

la pobreza de ser campesino no es lo que nos une

si no, la dignida de una vida sencilla.

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