Cuban poetry

“Dying in Cuba is a simple procedure… a line we stand 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 become a country of garbage."

"Ask how all the thirst of an Island is quenched": poet and journalist from Matanzas

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

"Enduring in silence is not worthy of a medal": a heart-wrenching Cuban poem for those who have departed

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

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

A heartbreaking poem to the "Society for the Protection of Cubans" that "is based in Florida."

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

"Where did we end up that everything is turned upside down?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

Involuntary symbolism of the Cuban Institute of Books: Poetry collection "Migraciones" presented on July 11th

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

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

The Cuban poet Oscar Kessel has passed away

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 Castro protégé in Cuba: Is Díaz-Canel a man with guidance?

"The majority of the people... bets on themselves": Powerful verses by Pedro Luis Ferrer in this hour of Cuba

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

"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 the 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 the 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, passed away in Mexico

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

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

Haunting song by Holguín poets honors young lives lost in the explosion: "You are 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 as a neighbor an old man who was a cederist."

Stoning of the home of Cuban writer and opposition figure in Holguín

Antolín el Pichón recites passionate verses to Aly Sánchez

Cuban grandfather composes décima for Díaz-Canel: “I recommend you gather your things and leave.”

Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez passes away in Spain

Nancy Morejón is stripped of her honorary presidency at a poetic event in France

They are asking France to withdraw the honorary presidency of a poetry event from Nancy Morejón

Cuban poet and essayist Lourdes Gil passes away in the United States

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

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

About Delfín Prats

National Literature Prize 2022 awarded to the Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals rob the home of Holguín poet Delfín Prats

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

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

The Ciudad de Alcalá Poetry Prize is awarded to writer Katherine Bisquet

Cuban youth wins the prestigious Loewe Poetry Prize

A heartbreaking 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 with brakes stop."

The kind of cinema I enjoy making

Nicolás, Guillén with Padilla and Batista before Orígenes

Cremata and Lili Rentería reinterpret a poem by Dulce María Loynaz

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

Literary critic Enrique Saínz de la Torriente passes away

Havana, those who don't see it, don't love it

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

Cubadebate publishes a poem from a reader featuring the phrase "Díaz-Canel singao."

Katherine Bisquet presents her poetry collection "Uranio empobrecido" in Barcelona