Amsterdam Cantos
y poemas pistos

Ricardo Sánchez


arte de
El Zarco Guerrero


forward by 
Paul Christensen


Place of Herons
Austin 1983


©1982 by Ricardo Sánchez
illustrations ©1981 by Zarco Guerrero

Library of Congress Card Catalog No.: 81-81740

ISBN:  0-916908-14-3  (paper)
ISBN:  9-916908-17-18 (cloth)




Place of Herons Press
P.O. Box 1952
Austin, Texas 78768

EDITOR'S PREFACE

This is the first in Place of Herons' International Series of books, assisting in the creation, I hope, of a berth for Chicano literature in international writing. If there is a sensible future for mankind it is appropriate that a Chicano should write such a book as this: a nation within a nation, a people surviving in the context of another people, creating its own international image and perceptions. Such, I believe, will be the future in general: from Chicanos in the U.S. to Palestinians in the Middle East to the Ukraine in Russia, Wales in Britain, or, who, an Ecotopia or Texas is North America.

James Cody, Editor
Place of Herons Press
Austin, Texas

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Adolfo "El Zarco" Guerrero is a sculptor, muralist, singer, and musician from Arizona. He is the founder of the Xicanindio Artist Coalition. A world traveler, El Zarco is acknowledged as one the leading artists in the Americas. His works have been exhibited throughout the USA, Mexico, and Europe.

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        Foreward by Paul Christensen
        compirasos
        aventura(of sorts)
        para qué?
        hemos gritado poesía
        en Pisto y Pérdida
        gliding by, she extends
        Prisms
        to a much older poet from Sweden
        P-78 One World Energetics
        Otra vez te recuerdo, Amor
        dos vistas hacia lo holandéz
        swim/skim
        on the eve
        y con un grito
        Maricopa Schemas in Europa
        let us have
        reception
        clusters of humankind
        over a week now
        oye, chico, toca
        tired, alost asleep
        to Henri Funck Biere
        will shortly arrive
        telephone & water
        over 26 hours since I arrived
        órale, Burciaga & Homero
        REGRESO
        y cuando se hace el baile
        cabrón y pinche
        after tri-state radio programming
        and within the vísperas