Three Roses and a Carnation

Elcor Vincent Aragundi lived hiscareer as a professional racing jockey,but as a native from Ecuador born inQuito, he was fi rst inspired with poetryby his mother when he was still a boy.Between then and the moment he hadgrown, he began to write poetry inSpanish when he was still in school. Hecontinued to write through the yearseven after he came to the United Statesback in March of 1954. Not knowing aword of English when he stepped off theplane in Florida, he ended up getting lostat a bus stop to eat. He returned unableto match the bus he was on with that ofthe number he held. The bus driver hadunknowingly left without him. It took two hours before they could fi ndsomeone that would translate. English has always been a huge struggle forhim, though he desperately wanted to learn. It at times would leave himfrustrated from the defi ed opportunities from his inability to communicateand adapt into the language.

That was then; now a proud American citizen celebrating his fi ftyfifth year in the United States, he is a renowned poet with trophies,medals, and merits awarded to him for his work, his passion, and hisart. Recognized by the International Society of Poets in Owings Mills,Maryland, A Flight in the Night was published back in 2002 by theInternational Library of Poetry. He has been writing in English now fortwenty-fi ve years. With over a hundred poems written, half of them residein Spanish, and the other half in English. His work is not only a milestonebut an inspiration of the heart that proves yet that nothing can stand inthe way of his love for poetry.