Mardonio Carballo

Mardonio Carballo: (1974), is Xolo from Chicontepec, Veracruz. He writes in Náhuatl. Among his books: Qué es /qué ves, Huehuexochitlajtoli /Viejos poemas, and Las plumas de la serpiente. He is also a troubador and radio and television journalist. Thanks to Editorial Ojarasca for permission to translate into English and reprint this poem from the excellent anthology of poetry from Mexico’s indigenous languages, Insurreccion de las palabras by Hermann Bellingausen (Mexico City: Ojarasca, 2018).