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Hatshepsut, The Female Pharoah
“Hot chicken soup, Hotchicknsup”, our Egyptologist guide emphasized, pronouncing the words together and quickly. He was trying his best to get me to pronounce the word Hatshepsut, the name of the legendary queen who inscribed on stone the power of the woman pharaoh.
The Ascent
In the middle of the forest, the quiet cenote bubbled over,
Sky curdled; like curds and whey, the clouds parted.
The quiet waters, danced, as the frenzied dome
Spirits
Many spirits have lived here,
It’s nooks and corners all too familiar;
Life gives up it’s ghost in despair
Like the carcass of the bird lying,