Cuban poetry

I pray to the Virgin of a Cuban poet: "Save us with your warrior spirit; Cuba needs you."

"The dignity has gone to graze in a barren field": heart-wrenching verses from a Cuban poet

"To die in Cuba is a simple procedure... a line we wait in silently," laments the Cuban poet

Cuban poet: "Here we are, without 'little horse', without transformer, without power, and without hopes."

Cuban poet: "We have turned into a country of garbage."

“Ask how the thirst of an island is quenched”: poet and journalist from Matanzas

The terrible "ostentation," "crime," and "sin" committed by a Cuban poet

“That of suffering in silence is not worthy of a medal”: a heartbreaking Cuban poem for those who have departed

Raúl Torres did it again: "poem" to ICAP after Marco Rubio's sanctions

"The price skyrocketed and I can't control myself": Cuban decimist sings about oil

A heart-wrenching poem to the "Protective Society of Cubans" that "is based in Florida"

"The House Stands Empty": Cuban theater director and professor envisions her departure and portrays the island's migration crisis

"Where did we leave off that everything is upside down?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

Involuntary Symbolism of the Cuban Institute of the Book: Poetry Collection "Migraciones" to be Presented on July 11

Cuban creator: "How is it that they try to shove a crab in your face?"

Rita Donte delivers a powerful message for Cuba: "Light the candle."

The Cuban poet Oscar Kessel has passed away

A Cuban poet jokes about "the thing": "And if Donald Trump doesn't come, I'm going to go get him."

A guajira décima is dedicated to the protégé of the Castros in Cuba: Is Díaz-Canel a man with guidance?

"The majority people... bets on itself": Striking verses by Pedro Luis Ferrer in this moment of Cuba

"I don't want them to bomb my country": the poem that describes today's Cuba

“Where are you, guys?”: The poem about the abandonment of pre-university students in the countryside that has gone viral

They celebrate the birthday of Cuban poetess Isabel Mendoza, who survives in poverty

Cuban literature in mourning following the death of poet Lina de Feria

Poet Isabel Mendoza ends up begging in Santiago de Cuba to be able to eat

When solutions are lacking, verses abound: The new official manifesto on Cubadebate

UNEAC celebrates poet Delfín Prats: From ostracism and censorship to “an essential figure of our literature”

Holguin poet dies after living on the streets

The Cuban writer and curator Osvaldo Sánchez Crespo, a key figure in contemporary art in Latin America, has passed away in Mexico

Sandro Castro, in his delirium, evokes José Martí and the Cubans react: "Oh Fidel, come down with your barbs!"

Cuban in Tampa goes viral reciting an emotional poem about Cuba: “I had to re-record the video because I was crying.”

Touching song by Holguin poets honors young lives lost in an explosion: "You are in mourning, my land."

Orlando Rossardi, a prominent Cuban writer and researcher, has passed away

Cuban in Miami dedicates rap poetry for a free Cuba

Poem of a Cuban in Miami: "Now I have a neighbor who was a cederista."

Writer and Cuban opposition figure's home stoned in Holguín

Antolín el Pichón recites passionate verses to Aly Sánchez

Cuban grandfather composes a décima for Díaz-Canel: “I recommend that you pack up and leave.”

Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez passes away in Spain

The honorary presidency of a poetic event is withdrawn from Nancy Morejón in France

They request France to withdraw the honorary presidency of a poetic event from Nancy Morejón

The Cuban poet and essayist Lourdes Gil has passed away in the United States

Original videos of the self-incrimination of poet Heberto Padilla are being disseminated

The "Ateje" Awards honor Alabau, Morelli, and Moreno

About Delfín Prats

National Literature Prize 2022 awarded to Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals break into and rob the home of Holguin poet Delfín Prats

Writer Ghabriel Pérez dedicates a poem to the migratory exodus in Holguín: “The cross of my hill is leaving.”

Cuban dedicates poem to the Cuban exodus: "My space is for sale"

The City of Alcalá Poetry Prize is awarded to writer Katherine Bisquet

Young Cuban wins the prestigious Loewe Poetry Prize

A heart-wrenching poem by a Cuban father goes viral: "I will return, Mom."

Alexis Díaz-Pimienta starts as a professor at a university in Spain: "Let the one who has brakes stop."

The type of cinema I enjoy making

Nicolás, Guillén with Padilla and Batista before Orígenes

Cremata and Lili Rentería recreate a poem by Dulce María Loynaz

Mother of doctor Alexander Figueredo: "Don't come back even if you are sad and my hands are older."

Literary critic Enrique Saínz de la Torriente passes away

Havana, those who do not see it, do not love it

"Valiente," the original poem dedicated to the Cuban exodus