This poem by the Colombian poet and lawyer José Rivera (best known for his national epic, La vorágine, or The Vortex) is featured on Wrestle with the Angel in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15.
“Los potros” (“The Colts”) describes a hurricane as a herd of swift young horses. They leave the land in the dust of their wake, vibrate the high rocks with their whinnies, and toss their “crazy heads.” Their triumphant advance is prevented only by the “violent sun.” The poet says of their defeated snorts, “Come hear the wind delayed.”
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