Come and find out how I became a poet, segunda parte/Come and Discover How I Became a Poet: Second Part.

Poetry, Death and Resurrection: Part II

Today, I would like to invite you to follow this very personal adventure of how I formally started on this journey of no return that I have entitled: "Poetry, Death, and Resurrection: Part Two."

I tried to retake poetry in Colombia. However, it was a bit impossible because I had to work 12 hours and the little time I had was dedicated to other matters.

I return to Venezuela in 2019 wanting to do something different with my life and that's when I decide to take up poetry again. What better place to approach poetry than the university that's when I decide to register at the UNELLEZ, (Universidad Nacional Experimental de Los Llano Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora for its Spanish acronym) in my hometown Barinas. There, I met great friends of poetry that I still keep.

First Poetry Recital.

It was quickly my first recital. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was an activity organized by Vox Populi, a cultural movement where I began my work as a poet. I still had no training but I dared to express myself in front of the youth of Barinas and it was very exciting.

School in Poetry and Mentors.

I met Poet Jesùs Trejo in 2020, shortly before the pandemic because some friends invited me to a poetry training workshop he was giving at the Museo de Los Llanos in Barianas. It was 4 classes every Wednesday and each time I was getting more and more excited.

Pandemic arrives in March, and yet we continue our training via online with only one face-to-face day. Pandemic was a time when I practiced a lot of poetry.

The poet Jesús Trejo advises me to join the women poets of Barinas with trajectory. He connects me with the poet Luz Marina Almarza and the poet Dorys Huiza where one night of wine and poetry. I had the pleasure to meet them and their poetry. Also, they read to me and gave me advice, and helped me to work better on my poems. Just that day we were celebrating the day of poetry. March 21, 2020.

Before the Pandemic, we took workshops with the illustrious poet Leonardo Ruiz from Barinas, a poet of great trajectory and husband of the honored poet Ana Maria Oviedo Palomares, who was honored at the World Poetry Festival 2022.

I kept practicing all the rest of the year 2020. Later in 2021 began the formal presentation of poetry Since then, I have been unstoppable. I will tell you the rest of the story through pictures.

The year 2022 was the year that gave a radical change to my life from poetry, I met the poet Willians Alberto Hernandez general director of the Latin American Poetry Route, and so I officially become the spokesperson of the Latin American route chapter Barinas Municipality. My first activity as spokesperson was to organize a poetic cinema forum on December 5, 2022.

A2023 arrived with a bang.

January 2023 came with a lot of events. The first was: The first meeting of young poets of the state of Barinas where more than 25 poets from the municipality of Barinas and Ciudad Bolivia, all of them under 25 years participated in this activity. It was an event that resonated a lot and we were invited to the radio and regional television to talk about it.

In January 2023 we published our first anthology entitled "Mosaic of Souls" result of workshops I and II of Forjando el Poema by the hand of the poet Willians Alberto Henandez. I will gladly leave the link so you have access to this collection of poems.

In February I had the opportunity to be a guest poet for the second UNEARTE EXPRESA activity that takes place once a month to raise funds for the university where I study. The second invitation was to the Casa Del Alba Cultural. The invitation was made by my teacher Jesus Trejo for the anniversary of this institution.

That your teachers (in this case Jesús Trejo and Willians Alberto Hernandez) refer to me as a poet is priceless. This is just the beginning. Now I am looking for a way to publish my first collection of poems and that is just around the corner. Wait for this book of poems that at some point I will have the resources to acquire and I will be very happy to share with you Hiver Lovers.