For Victor Jara
—A tribute to Victor Jara
Victor Jara
Victor Jara
Your name
bears the sound
of guitarra
your instrument of love
Victor Jara
Victor Jara
Your name
bears the sound
of tierra
the earth you cherished
like your mother’s songs
How I wished
there was no need
for yet another poem
dedicated to hands
that still sing and bleed
How I wished
the silence of this poem
was shattered now
by bullets of love
from your guitar
Victor guitarra
Victor tierra
Victor ah Jara
by John Agard
from Poetry International