A Dominican Star

The writers association "The Manuscripters" gave to Maria Montez an award because of her poetry: TWILIGHT, which it was published by the Latin American literary magazine "Baho Rueo", in 1942.

Some of her poems were published by the Sunday Mirror Newspaper on May 3^rd, 1943.

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And Here They Are:

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A wild flower I have plucked from the beach

Fades on my hands as all beauty must;

So my love, in your tree-strong arms,

I feel you fading for all your trust.

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Trust rather wind and strong-willed tide

That my self-sating desire for you,

Oh love, who comes like a dream to hide

Where dreams disolve in the morning dew.

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Be still, fool heart, church bells of alarm

But ring, they are no singing;

The church is tall and old and calm

And one day he�ll be bringing

Bright blossoms for our wedding day!

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Of our nation. Into its ages

I look as our eyes turn to meet

And the stories of Spain�s oldest glories

Are told by our lips and our feet.

At night your arms are as mountains

And love cascades like fountains

Of laurel and bitersweet.

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Tonight as we dance tango

All Spain dances with us, the fire

Of our lips and our restless embrances

Rises higher than earhtly desire. . .

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