Title
Document Type
Creative Writing
Publication Date
2017
Disciplines
Poetry
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
A poem embodying the simple yet powerful gesture of the bendicion. For many latinxs this gesture commonly occurs between older family members to younger family members as farewell, prayer, and blessings to protect the younger individual on their journies through life. The gesture of the blessing is a meaningful and deeply rooted action that carries the blessings of the ancestors who have come before us and endured colonization, dictatorship, and civil war and spiritually drives their children and children's children to fight for better in the modern day Latina/Chicana struggle. We are our ancestors wildest dreams.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Lara, Lydia M.. "Bendiciones" (2017). Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/vasquezvalarezo/6
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Comments
2nd Place Winner, 2017