A troupe of creative performers in training residency together with Momentom at El Pital-Ometepe-Nicaragua assembled a variety showcase cabaret. My writer’s role involved typing a few lines of poetry during each performance, and sharing these reflections between acts. This included a grand entrance: I was acrobatically lifted across the stage to my typewriter station. To begin, here is the poetry in abstracted nine-part form, with some lines in spanish:
Cabaret Poem
1.
knowing understanding
the breath,
el fuerte interno
holding the connection
2.
contemplate,
poder como el mar
wild forces elemental
in the warrior
3.
sensual y ritmico
the grace of feeling
trabajo del corazon
in rainbow light
visiones del todo
4.
from the shadows of thought
climb,
a libertad
the being in wholeness
la vida en el viento
sparkle in the diamond
5.
adventure
espiritu
con amigos
6.
danger in extension
la geometria
orbiting the center
returning to the self
los circulos y espirales del tiempo
7.
el hombre magico y mysterioso
con los manos
moving the world
8.
la mariposa del muerte y vida
the whorls of this galaxy’s flaming suns
el sol y la tierra
open the gates of possibility
to infinity
9.
a sense of purpose
the staff of will
luchar por el verdad
with swords of integrity
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Above are the pages typed on the spot!
With some of my espanol upgrading.
Preparing my station and accepting the mic.
And here at the end, is the beginning:
Author Eva Lisa Elasigue 
[…] just a little spice in the transitions between acts. This was similarly performed like the first Cabaret Poem, where each set was the inspiration for something that was read aloud by myself directly afterward. […]
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