Niñez Encantada

It’s mentioned in the introduction that Evaristo’s childhood had a major influence on his poetry, and was an unlimited cache of memories and imagery from which to draw inspiration. This poem is used in preface to all the work that follows… 

ENCHANTED CHILDHOOD

Evaristo Ribera Chevremont





On the rim of the well
I am inclined.
From the bottom of the well
my childhood has called me
with voices of the water.


   At the bottom of the well
my enchanted childhood!