Bread and Sun
We are the ones that carry
our house on our shoulders.
We are the bread and the sun
of those who do not recognize us.
We are the bread and the sun
of those who humiliate us.
We follow our grandmother’s advice.
We listen from our hearts of clay
to the clear song of the sky,
and we always rise.
—Moisés Villavicencio Barras, Madison
Moisés Villavicencio Barras is a Mexican poet, fiction writer and co-founder of Cantera Verde, a magazine which has been one of the most significant literary publications in Mexico for the last twenty years. His first book of poetry May among Voices was published 2001. He was the recipient of two Writing fellowships through the National Commission for the Arts in Mexico (1993-1994 and 1996-1997). His second book of poetry Light of All Times (bilingual edition) will be published in 2012.