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Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 - Our Words, Our Heritage: Erika Gomez

MDC - Padrón Campus students read Hispanic poems

This poem comes from the book Latino Poetry: The Library of American Anthology by Rigoberto González (Ed.), p. 216.

Un Beso Is Not a Kiss

Author: Francisco X. Alarcón

un beso es una puerta que se abre un secreto compartido un misterio con alas un beso no admite testigos un beso can’t be captured traded or sated un beso is not just a kiss¬– un beso is more dangerous sometimes even fatal

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About Francisco X. Alarcón

A prolific writer for adults and children, Francisco X. Alarcón was born in California and grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico. Alarcón returned to the United States to attend California State University at Long Beach, and he earned his MA from Stanford University. Read more ...