Instant



Instant

In an instant,
suddenly,
the wind rises and runs wild,
and a violent blast
shakes the whole forest,
leaving its branches bare of leaves.

For an instant,
offhand,
the wind stirs the hair on your forehead,
we no longer see the landscape,
glances intersect
and our minds are spoken in secret.

For an instant,
with blind impulse,
we know how important the now is.
Far away are the reproaches,
a can’t is a yes I want
and our mouths melt very strong.
At this precise moment.

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The value of an instant

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Written on February 10, 2021

Submitted by lucmaldonado on August 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme axxxxb Axxxxx Axxbxxa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 482
Words 105
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 7

Luciano Maldonado Moreno

Spanish Poet. Villaquejida (León), 1955. Graduated in Hispanic Philology at the University of Granada. Professor of Spanish Language and Literature at high schools in Motril (Granada), Onda (Castellón) and Gijón. Currently retired. Author of several articles in the local newspapers Onda, El Puente and in the cultural magazine Ábaco, as well as the novel “La strangeness of your steps” (Zahorí Ediciones. Gijón, 2009). Books of stories: "Come to story" (Editorial Peña Tú. Gijón, 1997) and "Twenty one-way trips without return" (Zahorí Ediciones. Gijón, 2011). Second prize in the V Short Story Contest “Valentín Andrés”, 1996, Grado (Asturias). Also a finalist in the National Short Story Contest "Floral Games of the City of Tobarra" (Albacete), 1999, and in the first "Mes Carolino Literary Contest", 2005, Commonwealth of La Vera (Cáceres). Second prize in the “III Santiago el Verde Literary Contest”, 2007. Finalist in the “I Literary Contest and Montañero Cuentamontes” (2008). Second prize in the VI “Villa de Cárcar” Short Story Contest (Navarra), 2009. Finalist in the “VI International Short Story Contest La Lectora Impatiente” (2009), in “II Literary Contest and Montañero Cuentamontes” (2009) and in IV Prize for Brief Narration UNED de Mérida (2016). First Prize for Castillo de Cortegana Poetry, 2017. Finalist in the FAAM XXX Anniversary Short Story Contest, 2017. Finalist in the Max Aub International Short Story Contest, 2019. Finalist in the II Encinas Reales Short Story Contest, 2021. Scriptwriter and director of the short films “Snake Stream” (2020) and “No Water... Please” (2020). more…

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