My Cosmic Embroidery
May my hands radiate blessed light!
May, from the rising star of this night,
stitch by stitch, I become an artificer of the Universe.
Every spark that the thread awakens
with celestial brilliance is engraved
on the cosmic canvas of splendid beauty.
Luisa Cámere Quiroz during the official presentation of her book Gacela in Silver Filigree, on September 23, 2025, at the University of San Marcos, Peru. Photo courtesy of Luisa Cámere.
My hands / you see them, they intertwine, they glide / through spinning galaxies... / It is my expanding orbit / The supreme value of the cosmos / that transforms life into art and / with a divine breath / eternizes the genuine destiny of my hands / weaving my mute essence. / ... galactic threads of my bleeding poetry. /
It is the universal echo of lived patterns that I do not silence.
They are the guiding thread toward an infinite embroidery
coiling my reality into silver filigrees.
Binding with fine knots my will
my gentle walking / my immaterial gift
without final point.
From left to right: Rocío Hilario, Luisa Cámere Quiroz, Martha Crosby Crosby, Rosamarina García Munive, and Atala Matellini. During the presentation of the poetry collection Gacela in Silver Filigree, on September 23, 2025, at the University of San Marcos, Peru. Photo courtesy of Luisa Cámere.
Lord, Divine Strength
From the deepest atom of my marrow,
from the deepest artery of my heart,
my mind travels in ecstasy through paths
contemplating Your creation:
The magnificent universe
founded by You with such perfection.
Who but You could shape Your seas with gently swaying waves,
saline waters with dancing marine creatures
in perfect symmetry?
Who but You could give color to fields of meadows
and grant beauty to flowers with unmatched glory and grace?
Who but You, Lord, could create that celestial vault,
with ethereal fluids that give us life at every moment?
And the sun, warming us from dawn to zenith?
Or the moon in the silent night in a firmament
where thousands of shining fireflies invite us to love?
Everything in magnificent congruence and perfect synchronization!
Only a divine force like Yours, Lord,
could shape as a Divine artisan our sidereal world,
with galactic circles that turn and turn without touching,
with a calculation of an unalterable universal law.
Oh, system of systems / Oh, Milky Way of a stellar world.
I am a tiny particle that asks You for space, Lord.
You who protect the work of Your hands
for the delight of humankind.
You, who gave us a paradise where we may enjoy the heartbeat
of the sacred womb of the earth: that nourishing cornucopia
that today cries for justice, respect, and vindication.
Protect our universe, Lord, for I wish to remain magnetized
to Your soil, to Your humus, to harvest wheat, corn, to see grow
the tree planted beside an irrigation channel
and, among the song of birds / celestial melody /
to enjoy the abundance of its fruits.
Thank You, Lord, for so much bestowed good.
Thank You for the beauty
and incomparable greatness of Your creation,
which, when contemplated, reflects Your eternal universal love.
A gift that perhaps we deserve,
but do not know how to care for.
An Eternal Star in My Lantern
How to tear your eyes away from mine
if they are magnetized by sea and river.
I drink your showers of dew,
tempting myself with gentle deliriums.
Like ships long for their harbor,
my crystals tremble with cold,
and by sipping your honey I awaken,
I search for your lighthouses among my vessels,
recreating crucibles of my mantle,
until I find yours with certainty,
your tides that flow from river and song
enchanted by your fraternal charm.
The taciturn and silvered night
is the hidden crystal of my essence.
I see you bristling, wild among the waves,
my abundant presence turns into sea,
which, like an eternal and jealous bride,
swims in circuits like a rose in the wind.
I long for your laughter and your candle, love.
I need your emerald gaze
that ends my torment
and to glimpse, glorious, the seashells.
Be my ocean, be my firmament,
be the eternal star in my lantern.
About the author:
Luisa Cámere Quiroz (Lima, Peru, January 30, 1951) is a Peruvian-American poet, writer, educator, literary critic, visual artist, and distinguished cultural manager. Her work reflects deep humanism and sensitivity toward human emotions and environmental care.
Her cultural management work is extensive: President of CIESART in the United States, Global President of the Circle of Cultural Ambassadors under CCI Universal Poetic Utopia, coordinator of the International Panorama of Arts and Literature 2024–2025 with Writers Capital Foundation, and member of various institutions such as PEN International Peru and the Peruvian Society of Poets.
She has received recognitions such as Honorary Doctorate from CIESART (Spain), Palma del Mar Award for Cultural Management (Paris), Star of the South (Uruguay), Vargas Llosa Medal, The Golden Book 2024 by Cargaditos de Amor, William Shakespeare Award in Altruism, among others. Self-taught visual artist.
Luisa Cámere builds bridges between Peru and the world, promoting cultural diversity and harmony through word and creativity.
Published books:
Narrative
- Mujer de Roble (2009)
- Renacer y Remar (Co-author, 2020)
Poetry
- Mutilada de mil maneras (Amazon, 2021)
- Cargaditos de Amor (co-authored with Margarita Salirrosas Sánchez, Arteidea, 2023)
- Gacela de Filigrana en Plata (CARPE DIEM, Peru, 2025). Edited by Marita Troiano. This poetry collection is written in verse and prose. The first part is lyrical, and the second includes essays, literary criticism, scientific articles, and prologues.
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