Aljif7's Blog
Thursday November 13, 2025
AREA: Poetry
Poem # 9/ Poema # 9
Original Title / Título original:
#¡Cuando todo te vale! / When nothing matters to you!
Introduction (Feel free to skip 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.
If you feel curiousity to read the Poem #8, Here the link: @aljif7/alchemy-of-poetic-words-8-alquimia-de-palabras-poticas-8-2rt)
Now, here we are — with Poem #9. In this one, Salvador’s design looks perfect. He used my real checkbook from my 2007 experience in Plattsbourgh.
So this one is brief. It gives you a taste of that Alchemy… A drop of Alchemy which is becoming a kind of Vintage, maybe in a few years there won’t be more checkbooks anywhere.
Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas (#9): ¡Cuando todo te vale!
Design: Salvador Jaramillo
¡Cuando todo te vale!
Cuando todo te vale
no hay cheque que tenga fondos;
ni saco que te reparen.
Alchemy of Poetic words (#9)
English version
When nothing matters to you!
When nothing matters to you,
no check has funds enough —
no suit will ever be mended.
Design: Salvador Jaramillo
Thank you for reading — and for your support my walking into a dream.
Drop your comment/question in what is missing to improve this poem.
Have a good One!