Wilson, Anne

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Volume 23Issue 2 Spring/Summer Article 86-15-2004CantaoraAnne WilsonAbstractFor Angela AgujetasFollow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westviewPart of the Fiction Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Photography Commons, and the PoetryCommonsThis Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals atSWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Westviewby an authorized administrator of SWOSU Digital Commons. For moreinformation, please contact phillip.fitzsimmons@swosu.edu.Recommended CitationWilson, Anne (2004) "Cantaora," Westview: Vol. 23 : Iss. 2 , Article 8.Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westview/vol23/iss2/8Cantaora(for Angela Agujetas*)by Anne WilsonAgujetas.......... when I heard your voice,It was the flamenco puro of my childhood, your riveting cry flew past the dancers,I heard in your voice a ring of anvils, crackle of fire, melting of iron.Where have you come from?How have you brought the notes of your songs straight from the forge where my heart was shaped? Do you know what it costs me to listen to your pain and triumph?Do you know that the wild bones of the llano get up and dance when they hear you?Tell me, Encantadora, where may I find you when the gypsy band has de-camped, when the scarlet music of evening is a fringed shawl around your shoulders, and the fire in your songs moves —is moving—away?*world-renowned flamenco vocalistPhoto (detail) by Joel Kendall4 W E S T V I E  W

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