A collection of poetry by one of the greatest Indigenous poets of
the Americas about the vanished world of his childhood — that of
the Maya K’iche’. Aquà era el paraÃso / Here Was
Paradise is a selection of poems written by the great Maya poet
Humberto Ak’abal. They evoke his childhood in and around the Maya
K’iche’ village of Momostenango, Guatemala, and also describe
his own role as a poet of the place. Ak’abal writes about
children, and grandfathers, and mothers, and animals, and ghosts,
and thwarted love, and fields, and rains, and poetry, and poverty,
and death. The poetry was written for adults but can also be read
and loved by young people, especially in this collection,
beautifully illustrated by award-winning Guatemalan-American
illustrator Amelia Lau Carling. Ak’abal is famous worldwide as
one of the great contemporary poets in the Spanish language, and
one of the greatest Indigenous poets of the Americas. Ak’abal
first composed his poems in K’iche’ in his mind before writing
them down in Spanish. Key Text Features foreword biographical
information poems translation Correlates to the Common Core State
Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the
text; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4 Determine the
meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes,
or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a
particular story, drama, or poem. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze
how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone,
or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation
of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed
through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct
from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.5
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits
into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the
development of the theme, setting, or plot.
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