Bruce Dean Willis

is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at The University of Tulsa. His research and publications focus on diverse aspects of poetry and performance, and expressions of Indigenous and African cultures, in Latin American literature, particularly Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.

TIME FOR CHOCOLATE is available for purchase through One Act Play Depot! A brief description:

An intoxicating evening of music, poetry, and chocolate... in pre-conquest Mexico!
Based on a fifteenth-century dialogue among nobles schooled in rhetoric and philosophy, the play pits father against son in a war of words over the power and beauty of artistic expression.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Los Dorados

Poem for two voices. Based on the legendary golden chief's dive into the lake, but now for two divers...


SHE                                                                HE
reflect                                                             
                                                                        reflect
the light                                                            the light
                                                                        reflect
reflect
the truth                                                           the truth
the glittering surface  
                                                                        the shimmering cutis
adorns the form
                                                                        bedecks the shape
the waters will wash                                           the waters will wash
the waters will wash                                           the waters will wash
what is below?
                                                                        what is beneath?
                                                              an essence
a presence
uncovered                                                       uncovered
unclothed                                                        unclothed
reborn today
                                                                       and reborn tomorrow
liberate me      
                                                                       liberate me
liberate us                                                        liberate us
pure                                                                 pure
good                                                                good
nude                                                                nude

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