Un niño que nació para ser río: A Child Born to Be a River (Bilingual edition) [Spanish]

By Dennis Avila

Un ni o que naci para ser r o es m s que un libro de poes a: es una historia de resistencia forjada entre l grimas y esperanza. Dennis vila lo escribi para salvarnos de la ansiedad, entre expedientes atascados y noticias que no llegaban a destino. Es un libro de agua, pese al desierto de la espera. Nos aliment por mucho tiempo. Nos mantuvo a flote, porque Dennis y yo, pap y mam , conocimos a un ni o cuya voluntad nos ense a persistir en el columpio de la foto, / del que nos enamoramos / porque hasta de espaldas mostr la direcci n del universo: l, desde su serenidad, alegr a profunda y la certeza de saber que siempre regresar amos a buscarlo; nosotros, desde la convicci n, como un rbol en un acantilado.

A Child Born to Be a River is more than a book of poetry: it is a story of resistance forged between tears and hope. Dennis vila wrote it to save us from the anxiety of stalled files and news that never came. It is a book of water, despite the desert of waiting. It nourished us for a long time. It kept us afloat, because Dennis and I, mom and dad, had met a child whose will taught us to persist In the picture waiting in the swing / We had fallen in love with, because / Even from behind, we could see the direction of the universe: he, from his serenity, his profound joy and the certainty that we would always return to find him; we, from conviction, Like a tree on a cliff.

PAOLA VALVERDE ALIER

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 1966772475
• ISBN13: 9781966772477
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Nueva York Poetry Press LLC
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"