Como las alas de un colibrí is the title of the book of poems dedicated to Commander Fidel Castro Ruz (1926-2016) for the 95th anniversary of his birth, and published by Editorial José Martí to caress the intellect and spirit of faithful lovers of the life and work of the Historical Leader of the Sunflower Revolution, as described by the Heroine of Moncada y la Sierra, Haydee Santamaría Cuadrado (1923-1980).

This volume, compiled by Leonardo Figueras Marante , is a genuine expression of admiration, loyalty and tribute in poems, of the many that ‒ over time‒ have sprouted from the soul, as Martiano said, to the island vates, to give them to the Eternal Guerrilla of Time, who was not only absolved by History, but also consolidated as one of the greatest statesmen and humanists of the past century and the first decade of the 21st century.

Rich in diversity and sincere intensity, this poetic compilation reveals ‒with crystal clarity‒ the influence on the world and on history exerted by a man who has transcended all times and all times to include himself ‒in his own right‒ in that world of poetry, music, light and color where good souls go to sleep eternal sleep, who, in the words of the Apostle, "love and believe."

"Fidel"

Fidel,
the name of Cuba carries
forever on his faithful chest.

Fidel
was the one who raised the gleba
to the myrtle and the laurel.

Fidel, the one who built a new country
without hatred, crime or gall.

(Nicolás Guillén, National Poet of Cuba)

"Fidel"

Fidel
It is true that poets
capture moments of life
and fix them in history,
generally the
vague and nostalgic past
or the immediate present with its subtle fires
and its reverberations,
but how difficult to catch the future
and place it forever
in the lives of all people. poets
of all men

(Miguel Barnet, honorary president of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba).

Supported by the lyrical beauty of these poems, and many others, I invite the reader to explore the pages of the book Like the wings of a hummingbird , to enrich the mind and nourish the soul.