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Alchemy of poetic words. Poem # 17/ Alquimia de palabras poéticas. Poema # 17
Apr 30, 2026
AREA: Poetry
Poem # 17/ Poema # 17
Título original / Original title:
Trompa-bulario / Trunk-bulary
Introduction
(Feel free to skip Introduction if you've read previous poems in the series).
As I've mentioned before, this series - Alchemy of Poetic Words / Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas - is a project I began in 2013. It's a quiet collection of poems born from memory, emotion, and fleeting moments, carefully gathered over the years in my notebooks. Back then, I dreamed of turning them into a book, each paired with original illustrations by Salvador Jaramillo, a gifted designer and colleague from Mexico. Salvador illustrated works by Indigenous writers, and his art carries a deep, poetic connection to Mexican culture.
Here we are with another poem
If you feel curiosity to read the Poem number 6 you can read it here: @aljif7/poem-16-palabras-and-mnkd3o2xbef4b12e
Salvador design's are ended after 7 Poems. Then, I am doing the experiment this time with the help of AI to generate an image for this poem number 17. In this one I wanted to play with words and …..
Here we are with poem 17. It took me several weeks to figure out how best to present it in this format. The challenge lay in a section I've titled "Trunk-bulary" (or "Trompa-bulario" in Spanish), which consists of mini-sentences and fleeting phrases I captured in the moment. I wanted to rework them with a distinct Mexican cultural flavor.
I faced a dilemma: sharing them one by one would feel too slight for a post, but posting all ten at once might overwhelm the rhythm and dilute the playful intent of the words.
So, for example, I grouped a set of "sweet" words around the moment people enjoy something sugary. What better context than a birthday cake, evoked by just a fragment of the familiar chant: "We want cake…" To me, the sweetness doesn't lie in the words themselves, but in the cultural celebration they summon.
Rather than overexplain, here are the first three of ten mini-expressions from the series:
Spanish Version
Trompa-bulario (3 of 10 mini-expresiones de Trompa-bulario)
- Palabras dulces:
"Queremos pastel, pastel, pastel…"
- Palabras patriotas:
"Verde, blanco y colorado,
los colores de mi bandera"
(or: "¡México, creo en ti!")
- Palabras solitarias:
Tú,
yo,
él…
ella.
(3 de 10 mini-expresiones de Trompa-bulario)
English Version
Trunk-bulary (3 of 10 mini-expressions)
Sweet words:
"We want cake, cake, cake…"
Screenshot by author2. Patriotic words:
"Green, white, and red,
the colors of my flag"
(or: "Mexico, I believe in you!")
- Solitary words:
You,
I,
he…
she.
(3 of 10 mini-expressions from Trunk-bulary)
The Experiment
As I have mentioned before - I am surprised with the result from AI for the illustration, I was expecting to get something not related with the idea of these mini-poems, as I was after no more illustrations.
In this specific post, I didn't need the creation of images by AI. For the Mexican reader it is almost no need of image. Anyway I screenshot a couple of images.
The challenge in this post was how to organise my 10 mini-expressions grouped in a section. It recalls the moments when I did the compilation of them from different notebooks . Now, out of Mexico it sound as a fresh way to be there.
I am still thinking about the experiment of selling a version with no images. I am getting the idea to sell my +50 poems in Spanish without illustrations. I have adavanced in a review with AI and it gives me a good organisation of the content. That helped me to decide how to group the mini-expressions for this post.
Blessing reading for everyone- and for holding space for these small, searching into a dream!
Blessing reading!
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