Creative Writing
A Day in Santa Fe de Antioquia
Creative Writing
Category: Writing
Journey Over Chocolate Waters
On the Amazon's cloudy, yellow waters, adventures await, and nature and mosquitoes hang thick in the air.
Navegando Por Aguas de Chocolate
Por las aguas turbias del Amazonas aguardan aventuras y se respira naturaleza... y los mosquitos.
Surrounded by Invisible Children
The last couple of years have brought incredible change in the world, and most of it has been started by disgruntled youth and divulged through the internet and social media. Technology has allowed large groups of people to become more organised and effective than ever before: from the Arab Spring movement and the denouncement of… Continue reading Surrounded by Invisible Children
Los Colores del Olvido
La paz de la selva, del Pacífico azul, refleja en las estrellas la tristeza, su solitud. Abandonados en el tiempo, el musgo verde su ataúd, los colores del olvido amargos destellos de luz. Pinceladas nubes blancas, como delicado algodón tejido, las suaves olas en la playa contra las rocas estallan sus… Continue reading Los Colores del Olvido
Blue Diamonds
Drowning in a sea of sorrow,a sea of crystals turquoise blue.Its beauty blinded me, bound me,held me tight til I knew not what to do.It hypnotised me with its motion,its warm currents, its eternal youth.A sea that never ages, always changes,a sea that keeps me soothed.I love this sea, unpredictable and wild,tempestuous and calm,a contradiction… Continue reading Blue Diamonds
Dreaming of Nuquí
I miss jungle treks and whale watching, I miss the sun and sudden rains, I miss reading in the hammock, Taking a siesta til late. I miss smoked fish for breakfast, the salty breeze on my head, poisonous frogs in the bromeliads, watching the sun rise from my bed. I miss silver skies and black… Continue reading Dreaming of Nuquí
Bin Laden’s dead… so what?
Osama Bin Laden killed by US ground troops in Abbottabad, Pakistan, announces US President Barack Obama on 1st May, 2011. I can’t say I’m displeased. In fact, like most people around the world, I feel a sense of relief and justice. He, too, was a monster who needed to be killed. For decades he exploited… Continue reading Bin Laden’s dead… so what?
As the World Turns
The circularity of events, the repetition of life; this is when history becomes the future. We always make the same mistakes, don’t we? No matter how much we think we have learned from our past, the future always brings new opportunities to prove us wrong. We remember the lessons we have learned from our mistakes,… Continue reading As the World Turns
Chaos
I want to tell you a story. It is a story very few people know, and even fewer believe. I have decided to tell it now, to you, because I fear my time here is coming to an end, and this is one tale that needs to be told. You might wonder why I didn’t… Continue reading Chaos
Laura Restrepo Ortega 