“The Legends of Peru” (a poem)
April 29th, 2008Where legends now flow and flow
And scattered pieces of the hero’s pyre,
sing: the stones of Kuelap, Chan Chan
Cuzcothe Amazon ring and ring, as
Barbs on windpipes blow their echoes…!
Thus, cords of music sweep into the jungles
And the Andes; here, here dwells the city
Of the Andean seastone fortress, built
By the gods with stones blood and clay,
Machu Picchu! Here are the visions
Of ecstasies; sharper than a condor’s
Wings These legends flow and flow
And sing! and flow and sing, and flow
and sing…infinity! “The Legends of Peru!”
#1286 3/23/06 Written while in Lima, Peru. Peru has a lot to offer the adventurous person from: legends from the Amazonas, to Cajamarca, Ancash, Lambayeque, La Libertad, Lima, Ica, Arequipa, Cusco, and Puno; to the far off places like Huancayo, Machu Picchu (by Cusco), Kuelap (in the Amazonas), Chan Chan (by Trujillo); and to Huacachina las lineas de Nazca, to Tambo Colorado. Most of these places I have been to.
Wherever you go in Peru, you will find legends, and discovers just being discovered; yes, you become a part of history just by being in Peru. Part of the adventure in Peru is, or can be trekking on routes; for me it is more archaeological sites, for others perhaps a magical journey with a personal itinerary. Again my vice is the ancestral legends perhaps, and the journeyI want the whole cup of coffee, or whole bowel of soup, and in Peru you can have it. I do hope Peru remains the prize of South Americashe is right now.
See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Poet Laureate of San Jeronimo-Huancayo, Peru.
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