PoetryMagazine.com Editor's Featured Poet Nina Serrano

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Nina Serrano
USA

Nina Serrano is a poet from Oakland, CA (B:1934) who has published a trilogy of poems, Heart Suite, including her poetry from 1969-2012. They are titled HEART SONGS :1969-1980, published by Editorial Pocho Che; HEART'S JOURNEY: 1980-1999, published by Estuary Press,which won an 2013 award from Artist Embassy International; and HEART STRONG: 2001-2012, published by Estuary Press. Serrano was voted "best local poet" by Oakland Magazine, 2010. Serrano directed the San Francisco Poetry in the Schools program and the Storytelling in the Schools program at Stagebridge and is the author of "Pass it on!: how to start your own senior Storytelling Program in the Schools." She served as an Alameda County Arts Commissioner for eight years.Serrano is a cultural activist and weekly KPFA-fm radio producer in Berkeley of both Latino Affairs and Literature programs. She has won international awards for her films and videos. http://ninaserrano.com/

To Die of Joy in the River

for Rumi

To die of joy in the river

sighs the drop

falling falling in the greater water

One drop of many rushing to the ocean

flowing along in the mingling

No longer a drop but a mass

rippling current swift

No longer a drop but a sea

then a mighty splash of spray

evaporating to rebirth as a raindrop

And again to die of joy in the river.

All poems appear in the book by the author, Heart Strong: 2001-2012, published by Estuary Press in October of 2013.

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