“The sacrificial stones” by Víctor Acevedo
a guide of poetry to learn
Luis Antonio Chavez
Author and journalist
Could 2024
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Initially from Jiquilisco, Usulután, Víctor Manuel Morales Acevedo migrated to the division of La Libertad in the hunt for higher paths, settling within the metropolis of Las Colinas, Santa Tecla, then he studied instructing in Language and Literature on the College of El Salvador, and likewise has a bachelor’s diploma in advertising.
Cautious studying and literary criticism awaken sensitivity in Víctor Acevedo and like every younger individual involved concerning the turbulent and incendiary instances by which we lived within the 80s, he joined the Motion of Revolutionary Secondary College students (MERS-BPR-FPL) , after which joined one other of the 5 present FMLN teams, the Nationwide Resistance (RN), the place he collaborates in several duties, with out neglecting his college profession.
Being a pupil of the School of Literature requires him to look in direction of the unprotected, added to the social consciousness impregnated with sensitivity and solidarity in his every day life, this leads him to find the benefit with which he tells tales and shortly begins to jot down poetry.
The tutorial permits Víctor Acevedo to watch that the metaphor isn’t the identical because the poetic picture, and people first writings start to shed gentle to present somewhat of the bread that has been consumed, adorning his verses with a sure taste of social dedication, he additionally discovers that, the shine of the celebs on the water, simulated the wound of lightning within the river.
The journey led Víctor Acevedo to affix the Affiliation of College students of Letters, then he based the Patria Exacta Literary Circle, a title taken from a verse by the Santaneco poet Osvaldo Escobar Velado, the latter becoming a member of him together with different younger individuals eager about literature, amongst They’re Manuel Saravia, Marcos Alvarenga, Vladimir Cárcamo, Hever Eduardo Carranza, Roberto Gutiérrez (Orestes Figueroa), Mirna Benavidez, Luis Antonio Chávez, Edgar Iván Hernández, Francisco Alfredo Ramírez Gómez, Carlos Roberto and Mauricio Paz Manzano, amongst others, who create their very own cultural dissemination organ: the journal Germinaciones, the place considerate literary analyzes and poetry samples are printed.
The literary discussions inside Patria Exacta go away lovely analyses, in addition they present these verses by Víctor Acevedo which are already rising, making their means into the oven to see the sunshine within the Cultural Complement 3000, based within the early 90s by Gabriel Otero and César Ramírez (Caralvá) from the newspaper Co Latino.
I finished seeing Víctor Acevedo for 20 years, till a sure Fb discovered us once more and in the present day I used to be shocked by the publication of his first guide of poetry Piedra de Sacrificio, a textual content that I devoured in a flash, leaving me with the sensation that mentioned work It will be the preamble to different texts of his authorship which are in line to be printed.
To bread, bread and wine…
Attracted by the remark made by the tutorial and former member of the Patria Exacta Literary Circle, Dr. Carlos Roberto Paz Manzano on Víctor Acevedo’s booklet, who maintains that Víctor Acevedo’s poetic work “proclaims a theme with the sentiments of essentially the most hit by warfare… additionally expresses the tragic results of injustice and that optimistic imaginative and prescient needed for progress”, I delved into studying mentioned guide, looking for out how true that assertion was and provides my opinion on it. .
The gathering of poems begins with a posthumous tribute to his fellow literary fanatic Alfonso Hernández (San Vicente 1948), identified among the many ranks of the Nationwide Resistance as Commander Gonzalo, and in literary circles as Chiquitón, who fell in fight on the slopes of the San Salvador volcano on November 11, 1988.
“Commander of spring/ we’ll by no means be capable to reveal/ that in every gap of boiling Guazapa/ your millimeters of presence remained/ in every leaf/ an area of your clear smile/ in every companion/ a flower shouting your everlasting silence.”
Ovidio Villafuerte, a fondly remembered Sonsonateco poet, mentioned that within the nation there are poets and versifiers, so when studying the writings of Víctor Acevedo we understand that his verses have power, strains that underpin the tune with a poetic language of dedication , however clearly falling for the pamphlet.
“…we’ll take your physique within the gap of the soul/ since you exist for all times/ since you had been at all times the likelihood to beat the evening,” Acevedo writes in tribute to Commander Gonzalo, whom he admires, first for his dedication within the armed battle with braveness. and the Aristocracy, second, for his writings.
Writing poetry, from my viewpoint, isn’t solely being able to search out the metaphor, but it surely should meet sure necessities, corresponding to meter (whereas we search for rhyme); rhythm, musicality… in case we write in free verse.
That is how we launched ourselves to studying the poems printed in Piedra de Sacrificio to claim that its verses should not simply any garbage, because the creator is aware of completely what a metaphor and a literary picture is, therefore I dare say that he took care every verse to be printed as a way to give a extra completed product.
Paz Manzano maintains that Víctor Acevedo’s assortment of poems “redeems the sensation that crackles within the sacrificial stone. He identifies himself then, with the painful life accompanied by a warrior guitar that’s current along with his music within the historic occasion.
“Your star traveled by the sacred mountains/ the roblar/ the little horse/ the Tempisque/ defeating ambushes of dying/ the place open carnations are born/ the rays of solar and moon/ the place the boot print/ left an area to plant geraniums” , continues the poet to have fun life, in addition to to pay tribute to the poet and commander Alfonso Hernández.
The ache and injustice stab into the poet’s chest and he doesn’t beat across the bush to sing to those that supplied their lives within the unredeemed Guazapa, blood that deeply penetrated the temples of Víctor Acevedo, who, heartbroken by the injustice, expressed within the poem:
“…river of insurgent guaces/ photo voltaic snail embedded within the homeland/ the place it left your seed/ the enormous desires of corn/ what they present in every leaf”… “rattle the place the solar is born/ with a distinct look every single day/ I carry the dew within the fingers/ nailed to the warrior’s brow/ as if it had been a path/ or a distressing darkness.” (Guazapa)
There is no such thing as a doubt that Víctor Acevedo is aware of the craft of writing, he additionally discovered to workshop (clear the poems), so in the present day he offers us a extra refined work, filled with power, though he is aware of that poetry should “promote” itself , because the occupation of poet brings it, that’s the reason he strikes away from being a easy versifier.
Now, the poetry written by Víctor Acevedo overflows with sensitivity, and tells us: “come, allow us to stroll the paths / left for youthful ft / allow us to say a prayer / for the brand new blood that’s to come back / allow us to increase from these mountain ranges / a threaded tune between nostalgia.”
Every line written in Piedra de Sacrifice is meticulously crafted, because the poet overflows with sensitivity and enters, unintentionally or not, the vernacular space. Let’s have a look at one other pattern of his singing under.
“Milingo/ within the burning knife of winter/ that launched the agony of the combatants…/ There on the hill/ the rebellious desires had been pregnant/ impregnated with love/ within the spring of the century stained by the solar”… or when he tells us: “After I selected his steps/ I knew that dying or life/ would hover silently… with a rose in his hand/…” the poet feedback, as if to file his journey on this thumb land.
I have to not overlook that the ache permeated the temples of those that in a method or one other collaborated within the assaults that the battle bequeathed to us, we had been full of resentment and hope as we had been damaged by the lack of a companion, a solidarity that enveloped us and We sing by a poem, such is the case of Víctor Acevedo, who sings it like this:
“You/ heroes of Guazapa boiling/ indigo emeralds of an ideal storm/ right here rests the violent daybreak/ of the solar that crashed/ within the land of the daring ocelot…/ You/ deposited within the younger blood of the planet/ the bravery of the cane of corn/ the twisted mineral of the dagger/ within the caves of historical past, the slender bread/ within the mornings of silent espresso…” captures the poet.
Let’s make an area in our small library for the gathering of poems Piedras de Sacrifice by Víctor Acevedo, whereas we style his verses subsequent to the range with a bit of tall cemita and mug of espresso.
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