A fucked up life living in Zurich to work in a small town working in a small town to live in Zurich everything for a small retirement benefit everything for tomorrow´s future every single morning the alarm o´clock the train leaves at 6.09 the train leaves at 6.09 teaching three modules when the rest of teachers teach two wishing to change that and as the cuckoo, open your beak, open your beak, but nothing changes getting up again taking the same seat at 6.05 sleeping on the same train seat on the way to work sleeping standing on your way back yawning at the wrong time yawning at the wrong time getting to the small town exhausted getting back to Zurich more than exhausted knowing that today is a piece of gold for the retirement benefit, the retirement benefit the precious golden retirement benefit cooking not so much ´cos the lack of sleeping DON´T DREAM DON´T DREAM much DON´T DREAM DON´T DREAM much a fucked up life a fucked up life living in Zurich to work in a small town working in a small town to live in Zurich having a reduced future for a little retirement benefit in Switzerland having a reduced morning to sleep or not to sleep to sleep or not to sleep never dreams, never dreams sleeping on a train, sleeping on a train but never do it, but never do it in class Can´t- get - out, can´t get out, can´t get out from the clock, from the cow, from the knife, from the cheese from the Swiss fucking snow, fucking snow, can´t get out from fucking Switzerland from fucking Swiss white clean tyranny. Vera Moreno from The broken bodies´ fitness center César Simón Poetry Award 2019
Vera Moreno (Madrid, 1972). A multifaceted writer, teacher, rhapsodist, and cultural activist. She loves performance and videopoems.
She holds a Master Degree in Artistic, Literary and Cultural Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid; and a Sociology and Political Sciences Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid. She also did Women´s studies at Utrecht University in NederLands.
In 2013 she was recognized as a New Voice by the feminist publishing House Torremozas (Madrid). Vera Moreno was published by Amargord publisher in a double poetry book called The whole orange (La naranja entera) in 2016. Three years later, she won the César Simón poetry reward at the University of Valencia with the poems book called The broken bodies´ fitness center (El gimnasio de los rotos). Next year a new book is coming.
Some of her texts and poems have been translated into Dutch, Esperanto and English.
As a cultural activist she created in 2001 a innovative cultural radio space of one minute lenght called Europe for Culture on Europe FM national radio station. In 2012 Vera Moreno designed and coordinated participative literary events called Literary Moondays (Lunes literarios) at the Rivas city hall – centro cultural del ayuntamiento de Rivas, and co-founder of the poetry channel on youtube Poesía a domicilio / Poetry delivery, with the great Dominican poet Rosa Silverio (2021).
Una vida jodida vivir en Zurich para trabajar en un pequeño pueblo trabajar para vivir en Zurich tener una pequeña pensión, para el día de mañana cada mañana el despertador el tren sale a las 6.09 impartir tres módulos cuando el resto imparte dos querer cambiar, y como el cuco, abrir la boca levantarse de nuevo sentarse a las 6.05 en ese tren dormir sentada dormir de pie dormir en el tren de ida dormir en el tren de vuelta bostezar a destiempo llegar al pueblo exhausta llegar a Zurich exhausta sabiendo que el día cotiza en bolsa o en la pensión cocinar poco por el sueño NO soñar una vida jodida vivir en Zurich para trabajar en un pequeño pueblo trabajar para vivir en Zurich tener un mañana reducido una pensión pequeña en Suiza tener una mañana reducida dormir o no dormir dormir o no dormir en el tren sí, en clase no no-poder-salir del reloj, la vaca, la navaja, el queso la nieve Vera Moreno Poema procedente de el gimnasio de los rotos Premio de Poesía César Simón 2019
Vera Moreno (Madrid, 1972). Escritora polifacética, docente, rapsoda y activista cultural.
Licenciada en sociología (UCM) y máster en estudios artísticos, literarios y gestión de la cultura (UAM).
En 2013 fue incluida en el premio Voces Nuevas de Torremozas. Ha publicado el doble poemario La Naranja entera con Amargord (2016), y en 2019 ganó el premio Cesar Simón de poesía de la Universidad de Valencia con su poemario El gimnasio de los rotos. En 2022, llegará una nueva entrega.
Parte de su obra ha sido traducida y publicada en holandés, esperanto e inglés.
Creadora del espacio radiofónico Europa por la Cultura para la cadena Europa FM (2001); creadora de los encuentros participativos los Lunes Literarios en Rivas (2012), y co-fundadora del canal de poesía en Youtube Poesía a domicilio, junto con la poeta dominicana Rosa Silverio (2021).
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