As I have mentioned many times one of my favorite forms is the ghazal. I work hard to really express myself through this form and I will be honest and state that I am just a novice in this form. Ironically one of the forms that I actually 'hate' is the sonnet. Maybe because it was the primary form (besides haiku) that was drilled into us in school.
Imagine my suprise when I found out that the Ghazal is probably the progenitor of the Sonnet.
Here's an interview that I did at Originalthoughtmag.com. You know I like language so this is an interview of the Nahuatl language. As a writer language is my tool so the more I learn the more I rock it. Check it out.
Our guest Metztli Tekpatl graduated from UCD wth a BA in International Relations-Social Sciences and another BA in Native American Studies with a minor in Spanish. She has a Masters from Scaramento State in Spnish/Foreign Languges and is currently working on a second Masters in Management at Scaramento State. She is fluent in various languages, Spanish and Nahuatl amongst them.
What is Nahuatl? Nahuatl is a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan, or Nahuan, branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. All Nahuan branch languages are indigenous to Mesoamerica and are spoken by an estimated 1.5 million Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. It is the Indigneous language of modern day Mexico.
Uto-Aztecan (also Uto-Aztekan) is a Native American language family. It is one of the largest (both in geographical extension and number of languages) and most well-established linguistic families of the Americas. Uto-Aztecan languages are found from the Great Basin of the Western United States (Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona), through western, central and southern Mexico (incl. Sonora, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Morelos, Estado de México, and the Federal District), and into parts of Central America (Pipil in El Salvador; extinct varieties in Guatemala and Honduras). Utah is named after the indigenous Uto-Aztecan Ute people. Classical Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and its modern relatives are part of the Uto-Aztecan family.
Metztli Takpatl will be sharing with us her insight int the Nahuatl language dealing with such topics as
*It being the lingua franca of the Aztec Empire *Its place in modern day Mexico *How is it distinct amongst word languages *The relationship of language to a people's liberation
word The word made Fresh Aromatic B-boy stance in the beginning slang B prismatic, fractured light post up flesh word clammy, tingles under fizzing bulbs flesh wound cement carpets nicks from bricks gangs giving up Stygian sting clips zip guns, blades that switch step in shelled shoes with obese laces kangol hats primped and creased inundate late night streets with James Brown beats
Pretty Bronx eyes Play (Black)Spades cause (Black)Spades to play Yes I can dig (dug) it all in together as we wreck rec rooms statuesque speakers speak beat (streets) sound of my feet back room dusty crate greets as we liberate a deluge of vinyl during summer heat
Pretty Bronx Eyes you keep holding on to thoughts of rejection pretty bronx/river eyes belay streams (baby got) back alleys spew your aura's extrospection whole world wants to be down go down on you
Pretty Bronx Eyes media rock frenzy extraction scratches only surface spitting pop(ular) music perversions seeks only to take notice of your clothes their eyes closed to your creative contours, soft shimmer in your skin they don't notice your eyes i see them Pretty Bronx Eyes in them I see me
As I have mentioned many times one of my favorite forms is the ghazal. I work hard to really express myself through this form and I will be honest and state that I am just a novice in this form. Ironically one of the forms that I actually 'hate' is the sonnet. Maybe because it was the primary form (besides haiku) that was drilled into us in school. 
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