VISION Magazine
Catalyst for Conscious Living
January 2007
www.visionmagazine.com
Winds of Change/Vientos de Cambo
by Tomás Gayton
“If poets and lovers of poetry don't write, publish, read, and purchase poetry books
then we will have no say in the quality of our contemporary culture and no excuse for
the abuses of language, ideas, truth, beauty, and love in our cultural life.” Poetic
Matrix
As pioneering as its author, the work of Tomás Gayton comes to both an artistic and
cultural apex with his new book of poems, Winds of Change/Vientos De Cambio.
Gayton’s masterful and lyrical poems are portraits of cultural identity, and insightful
juxtapositions of introspection and examination of the world around him. From the
simplicity of his description of Tijuana, Mexico (“sometimes she is hidden in gray/ a
weather pattern/floating on la frontera”), to the often-painstaking throes of desire
(“you pass my way/you say hello/to the easy feeling/flowing smoothly through/the
spaces of my solitude”), Gayton weaves an incredible tapestry of language and life.
Gayton gives us a truly authentic vision of spicy South America and the Caribbean
with potent and honest description, never retiring his insightful and moving method of
crafting meaningful imagery. Winds of Change/Vientos De Cambio, is a bilingual
book of poetry, meaning the poems are also translated into Spanish. This in turn
creates a sway of poetry that soulfully dances off the page - or should I say danzas
de la página. To find out more about Tomás Gayton’s Winds of Change, or to
purchase the book, visit www.poeticmatrix.com. - LO