Propitiate meeting between poets in Lara

The poets María Auxiliadora Chirinos and Norys Saavedra conquered the Barquisimeto public in the state of Lara (Barquisimeto) with their narratives, and concluded their presentation with a call on the right to life of animals and nature.

Chirinos and Saavedra, recognized Lara narrators, participated in the new cultural space "Lara in prose and poetry", last Friday, September 30, at the Government Palace, located in the commercial and governmental heart of the city.

The government secretary, Isabel Lameda highlighted the importance of having Chirinos and Saavedra as exemplary poets for the new generations of writers.

Lameda recalled that as an institutional policy of the Larense Governor V/A Adolfo Pereira, every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, this space dedicated to meeting with the entity's literary, musical, artistic and intellectual creators will continue.

Although several government offices are located in the Government Palace, in its neoclassical central square to the sound of a subtle water fountain, the people of Barquisimeto already appreciate the place as a select place for cultural and innovative activities.

"Here, we wait for you weekly to meet, talk and get out of the hustle and bustle of the labor and technological dynamics, and grow humanly and spiritually," Lameda emphasized.

unpublished poems

In the case of Maria Auxiliadora Chirinos, teacher, poet and essayist, she narrated several of her creations collected in her books "Querellas 2002" and "Descolonizadas", the latter a series of unpublished poems. Chirinos was a member of the “Huella Tinta” publishing group.

The poet was born in Siquisique, capital of the Urdaneta municipality, studied at the Libertador Experimental Polytechnic University (Upel) and completed her 26 years of service as a teacher at the "Egidio Montesinos" Bolivarian National Educational Unit.

In her narrations, she defends that women must make themselves felt and raise their voice, they must value themselves as human beings. "I am the voice that expresses the feelings of women and their future in the world," she said.

He recognizes the kindness that currently exists with social networks, describing it as "fast communication", but thinks that a lot of time is wasted, instead of dedicating it to literary creation.

Chirinos recommends focusing on having "faith in life and in the joy of dawn."

He described the narratives of Norys Saavedra as a creed to life and to ancestral peoples.

Young poets presenter

Norys Saavedra, also a poet and narrator after 25 years of creative activity, has defined a task of solidarity towards the new Venezuelan writers.

And it does so through its fixed column "La Cabra Lectora", which can be appreciated and known in cyberspace, since it is the content of the bimonthly digital magazine www.pruka.com.ve.

In the recent July-August edition, it presented Vestiges of José Manuel López D`Jesus: Behind the confession the wound burns.

Saavedra commented that it is a single fixed book space for young poets and constitutes a literary production together with Jennifer Gugliota and Verónica Vidal.

When little Saavedra played among the books, she remembers her maternal and paternal home full of large libraries, from there, her passion for reading and writing.

Although he pointed out that he took it seriously, it was 20 years ago when he participated in a literary contest in the Urdaneta municipality (Siquisique).

The writer of “Hilos de Cocuiza” and “Medio Corazón de Rebaño” is a tourism technician and studied social development in Cuba.

His inspiration is the arid landscapes of the Lara state, as well as his walks through the stories he calls "strong", that is, those referring to death and loneliness.

It highlights the evolution of nature, its fauna and everything related to the existential.

With his poems, he intercedes between the new generations and the native peoples of Ayamanes and Gayones.

She is self-taught in her literary career thanks to the influence of her parents' books, Oscar Saavedra, and Belén Sánchez won the Rafael María Baralt National Prize for Literature.

Her voice has reached Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba and Costa Rica, to get closer to her work you can check her social networks on Instagram @Odalia.saavedra and Facebook NorysOdaliaSaavedraSánchez.

Seconding Chirinos, Saavedra concluded by saying that it was necessary to recognize and defend the life of animals and nature, calling to always care for and protect them.

#DataUNLara

Among the participants of the permanent cultural space "Lara in prose and poetry" was Antonio Castillo in the audience who, inspired by the great Venezuelan poets, dared with the title "Between poems and loves" highlighting in a substantial way that between the poem and the loves; "There can be no opposite poles."

On the other hand, Miguel Camacaro was animated among those present dedicating a poem to his mother Carmen, recently deceased.

While the historian Dulce Marrufo, director of the Larense History Center, invited to continue strengthening the meetings that feed the soul, the human, the creation and the future of a Venezuelan social life characterized by life in common, solidarity and teachings of our ancestors.

Marrufo closed his reflections with the poem by Ernesto Cardenal that is highlighted below.

“By losing you, you and I have lost: me because you were what I loved the most; and you, because I was the one who loved you the most.

But of the two of us, you lose more than me: because I may love others as I loved you, but they will not love you as I loved you.