Amanecer de otoño (Autumn Dawn) is a Spanish poem written by Antonio Machado (1875 – 1939).  Here you’ll find the original text with an mp3 recording followed by an English translation… MP3 of Amanecer de otono Amanecer de otoño Una larga carretera entre grises peñascales, y alguna...

Calaveras literally means "skulls". Calaveras are poems recited for the Day of the Dead (All Souls Day) in Mexico.  They’re satirical poems that poke fun at people in a way that suggests they’re dead, even though they’re alive.  Often the people being satirized are politicians and other people in power or in the public...