Ando como hormiguita por tu espalda
ando por la quebrada dulce de la seda vengo de las alturas de tus nalgas
hacia el oro que se derrama y se me enreda.SILVIO RODRIGUEZ

bed of roses, BON JOVI

With an ironclad fist I wake up and french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps it's own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love, the truth, what you mean to me and the truth is
Baby you're all that I need....
...

...You I'll just close my eyes, whisper baby blind love is true

I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as your Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
...Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
Tonight I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove for it's you that I'd die to defend...

...

...I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as your Holy Ghost is...

BON JOVI

curioso y real, Bright woman are brilliant in bed

But it's not just having brains that counts, it's knowing how to use them in your relationship.
Women have protested it for years, but a (male) scientist has finally discovered that the most important erogenous zone on the female body is, indeed, the brain. Intelligence, not beauty, is the deciding factor when it comes to enjoying sex, which will come as a great relief to clever-but-oh-so-plain girls everywhere.

Moreover, for high-flying career types who spend their days immersed in acquisitions and mergers, or sweating over shareholders' reactions to worse-than-expected first-half losses, the strategic line management of a mere husband come lights out is a walk in the park.

High levels of emotional intelligence also makes it easier for women to fantasise during foreplay. So what if we're secretly running our imaginary hands over the craggy nooks of Jeremy Paxman, Simon Schama or Richard Dawkins? There's no harm done, as long as we don't actually close our eyes and, instead of moaning, "Oh God, oh God…" at a particularly inopportune moment of congress, start asking ourselves: "But what if there is no God?"


Bright women are brilliant in bed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5314096/Bright-women-are-brilliant-in-bed.html

A study has revealed that women endowed with emotional intelligence have superior sex lives because of their skill at expressing themselves and empathising with their partner.

Bright women apparently have twice as many orgasms as their peers, which of course makes perfect sense.

Novelist Isabel Allende once famously declared that the G-spot is located in a woman's ears; words are the greatest aphrodisiac. Perhaps the reason why emotionally intelligent women have more fun is because they intuitively choose the best (or at least, most biddable) partners, who are imaginative, appreciative and can, at a push, chat a bit while in flagrante.

A woman with a soupçon of common sense can spare herself a lot of grief, boredom and misery by applying her intelligence to weeding out life's roués, rogues and rotters. Whether it's due to IQ or straightforward female intuition is a moot point, but Don't Sleep With Someone You Wouldn't Give A Job To is a fairly sound ground rule.

But I would aver that having a blast in bed has less to do with intelligence per se than confidence, of feeling loved, or at the very least, liked. And a shrewd woman, a woman with self-esteem, will only sleep with a chap who likes her.

Beauty, you see, may get a man into bed. But brains will ensure you know what to do with him (and vice versa) when you get there.

torn, NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

TORN

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

I thought I saw a man brought to life

He was warm

He came around

And he was dignified

He showed me what it was to cry

Well you couldn't be that man I adored

You don't seem to know

Or seem to care

What your heart is for

I don't know him anymore

There's nothin' where he used to lie

My conversation has run dry

That's what's going on

Nothings right

I'm torn

I'm all out of faith

This is how I feel

I'm cold and I am shamed

Lying naked on the floor

Illusion never changed

Into something real

I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn

You're a little late

I'm already torn

So I guess the fortune tellers right

I should have seen just what was there and not some holy light

But you crawled beneath my veins

And now, I don't care

I have no luck

I don't miss it all that much

There's just so many things

That I can't touch

I'm torn

There's nothin' he used to lie

My inspiration has run dry

That's what's going on

Nothing's right

I'm torn

JOSE MARTI -3-

JOSE MARTI, como yo lo veo. (3)

-escrito por mi para que

tu lo leas-

Dr. Graciela Martinez Gonzalez

Jose Marti, translator.
I am writing to you what I think, this is not an investigative study nor an historic material and does not pretend to be an art piece it is only a conversation between you and me.
It is usually said that to be a good translator, one should also be a writer. In José Martí’s case, there is no doubt that he was indeed the latter but also according to expert opinions Martí was a real translator. This article will attempt to throw some light on this aspect of Martí’s activities.
José Martí was 42 years old when he died and he became one of the most talented representatives of modernism in literature. He wrote poems, stories for children, articles for newspapers, prologues, reviews, commentaries

on publications and so on and so forth.
His political activities, in which he became involved as a teenager and because of which he suffered prison, torture and exile, led Cuban veterans and rookies, blacks and whites, mestizos and Chinese, even “good-will Spaniards” to unite for the first time in the long struggle against

Spanish colonialism.
He founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party and helped to create the will to fight the last “necessary war” against Spain.
As an inexperienced soldier, Martí the poet, the politician, the symbol of Cuban unity, did not survive his first experience in the battlefield.
He was a professional man. During his forced exile in Spain after being released from prison, when he was 18 years old, he studied in and then graduated from law school. However, due to Spanish colonialists’ arrogance and obstinacy, Martí was never allowed to practice law in Cuba.
He had to some extent studied Latin, Greek, French, English and even some Hebrew. Due to his studies, reading and extensive travels, José Martí maste

red the Spanish language in practically all its variants. His mastery of the English language became more and more profound the longer he lived in the US for many years as he worked as a journalist.
Martí wrote his first play and started trying his hand at translation when he was just a boy. His literary curiosity, from an early age, greatly contributed to lay the foundations for his rich prose, poetry and insightful translations later on.
Notwithstanding all of the above, during Martí’s life there did not exist any official translation school, university career or studies on translation-interpretation as a science or art.

Marti’s first published translation saw the light in 1875 (he was 2

2 years old at that time) and it was Mis hijos, written by Victor Hugo as Mes Fils (My Children). His source language here was, of course, French. His target language was Spanish. Perhaps Martí did this work as a tribute to a great writer he very much admired—and very briefly met in Paris. José Martí went far beyond the

traditional biblical and literary topics of translation of his time. He translated texts in the diplomatic, philosophical, historic, literary –prose and poetry—journalistic, and political fields. His multiple occupations and his constant travels away from his beloved motherland turned Martí into a consul for the longtime established independent republics of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. It was due to his quality as a speaker, negotiator and translator-interpreter that the government of Uruguay appointed him as its official representative at the 1891 International American Monetary Conference.

He translated “Ramona” from English into Spanish under the same title as the work by Helen Hunt Jackson.
I am not an expert or any thing near but the real experts says that Martí was not only a translator of very good quality but also—unconsciously perhaps—a translation critic and a true pedagogue and methodologist concerning translation matters, especially when they dealt with the necessary steps to translate, and matters of style and beauty.
He was undoubtedly a man of his time, yet a very respectful student of the past and an outstanding builder of the future. His profound love for liberty and humanity is a virtue that should adorn any intellectual worker who strives to reach a wide audience.
As he said “To read is to grow, to improve one’s lot, to better one’s soul” and “A nation of educated people will always be a nation of free people.” (La Edad deOro, 1995: 204, 215, 216, my translations). These are but a few brief examples of Martí as a very profound human being.

11 Places Women Want To Be Touched-1

By David Strovny

We all know which female body parts men most frequently like to explore, but there is more to her than a vagina, breasts and butt. The largest amount of nerve endings may be packed into those areas, but she has pleasure sensors all over her body, and getting her in the mood may be as easy as stimulating some of these often-neglected parts. Incorporating touching these places into foreplay and sex, or just giving her some pleasure after a hard day, will definitely earn you some brownie points.

Hair
Maintaining their gorgeous locks isn’t the only reason women go to their hairstylists so often. The process of wash, cut, color, and styling can actually be quite a stress reliever. Running your hands gently through her hair is a surefire way to send tingles down her spine. Let your fingers massage circles from her temples to the nape of her neck and she’ll be putty in your hands.
Nape of her neck
Once you get to the nape of her neck, place a few light kisses there. In ancient Japan, the back of a woman’s neck was seen as very attractive by men since it was one of the few places not covered by clothing. In modern times, the nape of the neck is often neglected in favor of more obvious pleasure centers, but never underestimate the power of gentle touches and kisses from her hairline to her shoulders.
Clavicle
A well-defined clavicle, or collarbone, can be very sexy on a woman. Why not show your appreciation for its beauty with your touch and kiss? Pay attention to this body part while she’s still fully clothed, unbuttoning her shirt just enough to reveal the clavicle and no further. You can always come back to it once the clothes have disappeared as well to remind her of the anticipation it created when you started there.
Small of her back
The best way to guide your woman through a crowd is to place your hand against the small of her back. This small gesture shows that you feel protective of her without being too pushy like an arm around the shoulder might be. When you’re alone, kissing or licking down her spine to end up with a kiss on the small of her back will get her heart racing.

Keep Sex Fun

Use these 13 tips!
by Gary and Barbara Rosberg
Couples often ask us how to keep the excitement in sex. Our answer: Stay connected. Being connected body to body and heart to heart is what makes sex fulfilling and fun. Here are 13 ways you and your spouse can have more passion.
1. Kiss deeply.
Do you remember the kind of kissing you did when you first fell in love? Do you still kiss that deeply and passionately? Rediscover passionate kissing. Take your time. Enjoy the touch and taste of each other's lips.
2. Bask in the afterglow.
Savor the closeness you feel after having sex. Stay in each other's arms. Tell your spouse how good it felt and how much you love him or her. This is one of the most intimate times as a couple.
3. Become a student of your spouse's sexual zones. One episode of the sitcom Friends dealt with the different erogenous zones. The characters were discussing sex outside the context of marriage, which, of course, we don't condone. However, the scriptwriters made an interesting point about males and females. Monica and Rachel identified seven erogenous zones. Chandler said, "You're kidding. I thought there were four." One of the women replied, "See, that's your problem. You go one, two, four. You're missing three, five, six. Oh! And toes! Seven."
A woman has more erogenous zones than just her breasts and vagina. Explore with her, and discover where she's most responsive. Kiss, stroke, or caress each body part. Ask, "How does this feel? Does it make you tingle? What would make you feel even more tingly—if I caressed less or more?" Remember that although it's good to work toward climax, the journey is pretty unbelievable too.
4. Understand a wife's definition of satisfaction.
"I don't get it, Gary," Doug told me at a conference. "I do everything I can think of in bed, but Janet doesn't usually have an orgasm."
"Does that bother Janet?"
"No. She seems content. I don't get that either."
"That's because many women are still satisfied with sex, even when they don't have an orgasm." Doug stared blankly at me. "Huh?"
Husbands, if you want to satisfy your wife, shift your definition of satisfaction. Of course, wives love to climax (who doesn't?), but they can enjoy the lovemaking experience even when they don't reach that place.
Many women enjoy the sensuality of cuddling, kissing, and touching every bit as much as they enjoy the thrill of a climax. Women's sexual pleasure occurs on many levels other than simply orgasm.
5. Understand, accept, and appreciate sexual peaks.
Most men reach their sexual peak in their late teens or early twenties. Most women reach theirs a decade or more later. Often when a woman is in her thirties and forties her sexual desire becomes stronger, sometimes insatiable. And as a man ages, his emotional side increases. Through each stage, couples grow and learn more about each other and become more patient and sensitive to each other's needs. This is God's blessing to us, because it allows a couple's sex life greater longevity and duration.

6. Understand the different kinds of sex.
So often couples feel the pressure to have "perfect" sex—complete with earthquake, fireworks, and multiple orgasms. Not every time you have sex will be a "bell ringer." And that's okay, because you're both connecting. Sometimes sex will be a quickie to meet the need of the moment. Sometimes it will be functional sex, or just because sex, when you think, I'm not in the mood, but my spouse needs me right now. Sometimes it may be comfort sex, when life has brought devastation and the only comfort and security is to be found in the arms of your spouse as a lover. You'll be ahead when you understand that the different kinds of sex point to the ultimate reason for sex: the relationship. The goal is not whether you end with a climax. The goal is that you're connecting as a couple.
7. But make passionate sex the main kind.
Don't rush. In a sex survey we conducted recently, we asked women what they hated about sex. Rushed sex ranked number five. When you have a solid foundation and you've spent years growing together and discovering, then you want to have a lot of variety. But a woman who is repeatedly unsatisfied, who senses that her husband's pleasure always comes before hers, can feel used and empty. She wants to experience the whole spectrum of sex—the physical, emotional, spiritual, relational. We aren't saying rushed or quickie sex is wrong. But sex can't be rushed all the time. That would be like eating nothing but fast food. Going through the local fast food drive-through for a chili dog and onion rings every once in a while isn't a problem, but your health would suffer if you did it every meal. Make your goal pleasurable sex that satisfies both of you.

8. Communicate what type of sex you need.
If you think you're going to have a quickie and your spouse is expecting a long, passionate encounter, both of you will probably end up frustrated. Clarify your expectations. Women need to prepare mentally for sex. If a wife knows she's headed for quickie sex, she can mentally prepare for that, including the realization that she may not climax. Most of the time she'll still enjoy it, even if she doesn't have the same outcome as her husband.

9. Learn your spouse's sexual triggers.
We often joke about his-and-hers sexual triggers. Usually we say that men have one sexual trigger: everything. Women are a bit more complex. But seriously, because men are more visually stimulated, a man can become aroused by seeing his wife naked, undressing, or wearing something provocative. Typically, women are not that way. So a husband needs to discover what his wife's sexual triggers are.
A wife may be a "touch me" girl: she likes hugs and caresses. She may be a "tell me" girl: she likes affirmation and verbal foreplay. She may be a "listen to me and share with me" girl: she opens up after connecting with her husband through conversation. She may be a "doing" girl: she appreciates it when he picks up messes and helps with housework. She may be a "spiritual food" girl: she becomes open to sex after connecting with him through prayer, reading Scripture, and discussing spiritual matters.
10. Practice the fine art of appreciation.
There's a part of each of us that likes it when our mate is happy with our performance, insight, or advice. We long to hear, "You did a good job," or "You've worked so hard this week; I want to take you out for dinner so you don't have to cook." Sincere verbal appreciation motivates us. Overwhelm your spouse with appreciation, and watch sexual desire increase.

11. Make each other a priority. Multitudes of sex therapists and marriage counselors name fatigue as the number one enemy of sexual intimacy. When couples are worn out, sex is one of the first things to go. If sex enters our minds—even fleetingly—we think, I'd really like to have sex, but when do I have the time and the energy?
We can push sex to the side and claim it's "just for a season." But pretty soon, that season turns into a pattern. That's when it becomes ingrained in the heart and we become blind to what we're doing. Of all sexual issues, exhaustion is the one over which we have the most control. How? By reprioritizing, working less, saying no to outside activities that don't further the marriage, or asking for help. Carve out time each week just to relax and have fun with each other.

Grab your calendars, sit down with your spouse, and talk through your schedules. Ask each other these questions: What is an absolute priority? What feels like an absolute priority but really isn't? What can we get rid of, at least for now? What is the best day to set aside as a time for just the two of us to have sex, to have fun, and enjoy each other? Get yourselves back to remembering, Oh yeah! This is really fun!

12. Say "Why not?"
When our young grandson asks for something, I (Barb) love to respond with "Why not?" He asks, "Can I have a Popsicle?" and I answer, "Why not?" He understands the response so well that he's begun to mimic me: "Why not, Gaga?" I love that because in a sense I'm telling him that I'm his greatest cheerleader. Anything he wants, I affirm.
You know what? That's how I want to be in my marriage. Don't you? I want to be my spouse's cheerleader and affirmer.
What if you started to say "Why not?" to your spouse? Let's say your husband calls you and announces, "I'll meet you at home; we'll enjoy some lunch—and each other." Instead of lamenting the lost opportunity to run an errand, respond, "Why not?" Or when your wife e-mails you and announces, "The kids are going to be at sports practice for two hours. If you come home early, I'll make it worth your while," don't think of that backlog of paperwork on your desk. Respond, "Why not?"
Give yourself permission to enjoy sex. Be open to pleasing your lover. Take on a "Why not?" attitude.

13. Keep practicing!
Sex stirs the craving for more sex. Lovemaking elevates the brain chemicals associated with desire. So as we decide to have sex and find we enjoy our time of lovemaking, our libidos increase, often leading to an increased yearning to have sex more often. What could be more fun and exciting than that?

Adapted from The Five Sex Needs of Men and Women. © 2006 by Gary and Barbara Rosberg. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.

I am dreaming again

"I'm dreaming again

Like I've always been

And way down low

I'm thinkin' of the prettiest thing"

NORA JONES

Love me without fear
Trust me without questioning
Need me without demanding
Want me without restrictions
Accept me without change
Desire me without inhibitions
For a love so free....
Will never fly away.

~ by Dick Sutphen ~

My Heart Cries
by Kelly Gray

My heart cries, but you don’t hear it.
My heart breaks, but you don’t feel it.
My body longs to feel your arms around me.
My lips long to feel your kisses.
My ears long to hear you say I love you.
My eyes long to see your smile and eyes twinkle.
My life longs to have you in it.
My world longs to have you make it complete.
My body longs to feel you lie next to it.
My love longs to have you return it.
My heart will cry, my heart will break.
My body will go limp, my lips will only speak.
My ears will miss your words, my eyes will shed tears.
My life will be so lonely, my world will be so empty.
My love will go unreturned.
My heart aches as my life is turned inside out.
My mind will never forget, my heart will never let go.
I have loved you since the day I met you
But now my heart cries, and you don’t hear it.

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

© By Andrew Heuser

The days breeze by
The nights fly as if swept up on the wings of an eagle
And through it all
I miss you

I long to see your sweet face
At times you seem so shy
At times you seem so outgoing
And through it all
I love you

To hear you say those words
To see the water fall
Like so many drops of rain
So beautiful
Yet a beauty that torments my soul
I'm sorry I couldn't help

I hear you swear
I hear you yell
I feel the tension in your body
Your muscles knotted
I try to relax you
I wish I could just hold you forever
I wish I were with you

I miss you when you're gone
I love you always and forever
I'm sorry I can't always be who you need
I wish you were here for me to hold

A beautiful woman , Gabriel García Márquez

A beautiful woman -
Gabriel García Márquez

An exquisite woman is not one that has more men at her feet,
 but one that has only one that really makes her happy.
A beautiful woman is not the youngest or the thinnest 
nor the one that has the smoothest skin or the most striking hair,
 it is the one that with just a frank, open smile and a good advice can make your life happy.
A valuable woman is not the one that has more titles,
 nor the more academic, it is the one who sacrifices her sleep temporarily to make others happy.
An exquisite woman is not the hottest (although if you ask me, to me, all women are very sexy ... The ones out of focus are the men) 
but the one that vibrates while making love only with the man she loves.
An interesting woman is not the one that is flattered to be admired for her beauty and elegance,
 it's the one with a strong character who can say NO
.
And a man ... An EXQUISITE MAN is the one who appreciates a woman like that ...
Who is proud of having her as a partner .... Who knows how to touch her, like a highly skilled musician plays his beloved instrument ... who fights along her side sharing all her roles, from washing dishes to giving back to her massages and care that she has giving him before...The truth, fellow men, is that women in that of being 'very brave' are ahead of us ... How fools have we been, and still are when we appreciate the gift only for the beauty of its package ... and a fool , a thousand times fool the man who eats shit in the street, having an exquisite meal at home '

Gabriel García Márquez

By Eduardo Avila

Uruguayan writer and poet Mario Benedetti passed away on May 17 at the age of 88. He had written more than 80 novels, as well as many more poems, essays and short stories as part of his body of work, which has been translated into approximately 20 languages.

Murio benedetti, asi, con solo dos palabras se fue su inspiracion y dejo mil poesias. Mil poesias y una historia que se repetia una y otra vez, como marcada en fuego, en la vida de muchos uruguayos, en mi vida. Benedetti formo parte de mi memoria. Con Benedetti pase noches y dias y encuentros leyendo sus vivencias, su audacia, su historia de hombre comun. Su literatura ha sido parte de mi sangre, de mis entrañas, ha sido como el aire que he respirado para crecer. Y desde siempre mi brujula.

Beneditti died, and like that, with only those two words his inspiration has left and left behind a thousand poems. A thousand poems and a story that repeated over and over, as if marked by fire in the lives of so many Uruguayans and in my own life. Benedetti formed part of my memory. With Benedetti, I passed days and nights reading his experiences, his audacity, his story of a common man. His literature has been a part of my blood, of my insides, and has been like the air that I breathed in order to grow. And it has always been my compass.

His literary works transcended borders, and other Latin American bloggers shared their experiences such as Modestamente Humano [es] from Guatemala who wrote:

por dedicar un poema de él que a fin de cuentas decía las cosas tal y como uno hubiera querido pero tal vez no tenía el talento para decirlas de una forma tan clara, tan franca, tan sencilla y tan bella.

by dedicating one of his poems, in the end, said the things that one would have wanted to say, but maybe did not have the enough talent to say it in such a clear, frank, simple and beautiful way.