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LaVoz de Amor features in Laredo Morning Times.

A number of poems authored by MCM Books author Servando Cardenas were recently found in the Spanish language newspaper La Prensa of San Antonio. Cardenas is author of La Voz de Amor . Here is one of those poems. It is a somber look at what life is all about.

La Voz de Amor , released in September 2016, is a book of Spanish poetry written by Servando Cárdenas. The poet looks at love from a romantic, familial, patriotic, cultural and spiritual perspective and provides great insights into Tejano culture. The book is also a labor of love for co-editor Alfredo E. Cárdenas, son of the poet. His co-editor, Javier Villarreal, Ph.D. is a recently retired professor of Spanish at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

MCM Books will soon release its second book. La Voz de Amor is scheduled for release later this summer, perhaps as soon as the end of July. The book is a collection of Spanish poetry written by Servando Cardenas, mostly in the 1930s although several date to the 1940s and at least one to the 1970s.

Motivos de Navidad por Servando Cardenas Sabed vosotros, los que en Nochebuena tenéis tranquilidad y dicha plena y en vuestra mesa deliciosa cena y lumbre en vuestro hogar: Que ya las noches de tristeza y luto de mi alma huyeron, y también disfruto, como vosotros ese gran tributo divino de gozar.

During his lifetime my father, Servando Cardenas, wrote hundreds if not thousands of poems. Unfortunately, over time, many of them were lost either in moves, in floods or perhaps discarded. Those that remain will appear in our next book entitled “La Voz de Amor” scheduled for release in the Spring of 2016.