Poemas Veniales

About the Book

Venial Poems / Mortal Life places a collection of poems under a reference to the categorization of sin and life in a theological vein and a life presented in a human sense. The poems written across a multicultural and multilingual experience of 46 years gather life in richness of color and light with strong evocative strokes. The content is not restricted to language or culture. Presented in Spanish and English the collection seeks to bridge communication of life experience and perceptions with a style rich in fast strokes reminiscent of impressionism with an underlining of mordacity and irony in an apt response to shifting realities.

About the Author

Germán T. Cruz is a landscape architect by profession and vocation with a wide path of practical engagement in urban and residential design across the USA and several countries. In addition to professional practice from his studio, Professor Cruz teaches at the Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University where he leads graduate and undergraduate design studios on urban design, graphic communications, parks, regional design, and open space as well as lecturing on design theory, technology and materials, contemporary history of urban design, and philosophy of landscape architecture. In 2010 he walked on the Road of Saint James through southern France and northern Spain from Le Puy en Velay to Santiago over 3000 km in 66 days. The result of this journey was a design meditation and travelogue under the title Walking to Know that was published recently by Xlibris. A collection of his poems has also been published in a bilingual edition (Spanish/English) under the title Poemas Veniales/Venial Poems.