Contemporary World Literature
A Poem from Peru to pay tribute to Mother Earth revered in ancient civilizations and classical literature as Goddess Gaia – the nurturer and giver of life
By Ramina Herrera Arteaga
Ramina Herrera Arteaga, born in Luya, Amazonas, Peru in 1979, is a Business Administrator by profession. She graduated from the National University of Trujillo – UNT. She received an honorable mention in the 2002 UNT Flower Tales. Her poetry “Memories of Unborn” was published online by the magazine “Voices” of Spain. In 2006 it was included in the anthology “Caminos de Poesía” (Editorial Fund of the Provincial Municipality of Cajamarca. ”In 2007 it published the Poemario“ Nocturna Soledad y otros Poemas ”(Katequil Editores). Currently finishing the layout of the second edition (digital) of “Nocturna Soledad y otros Poemas”, culminating in the poems “WRITINGS OF THE LUNA WOMAN” and “LUYA, PEDACITO DE CIELO”; also promoting a group OLEOS Y VERSOS -PERU that brings together poets and visual artists to join to a larger Latin American group called JUNTOS POR LAS LETRAS, headquartered in Argentina; participates in the Global Poet and Poetry group and is an active member of the board of directors and editorial board; She has been awarded many prestigious recognition for her writing.
Mother Gaia
I am unworthy to tread
Your fertile fields
Or enjoy your waters
That goes down between hills
Like small streams,
Even so,
In my insolence
Human
Human
That hurts you unintentionally,
I come to you
Beautiful mother Gaia
To beg
Your forgiveness
Your love
Your heat
Your sweetness
Your water
Your fire
Your silence
Your greenery
Your peace…
In return,
I will search my heart
The light that created us
Because we were made
By the same Maker
I want to wake up…
I need to wake up…
Change me,
To observe you
Watch over you
And treat you
Different
I wish to love you more Mother!!!
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