Tales of the Amuc (In the Mines of the Andes)

Introduction: as often as I have said: I try not to do introductions to poems, I incontinue to violate my own advise; thus, comes the exceptions to the rule, and in looking at the legends or tales of the Amuc, I have talked to a number of folks in the Mantaro Valley of Peru, along with Lima, Peru, to get the feeling of the people, how they see the Amuc. I have written a short story of them a while ago, but here is how the people that have lived around them in the 21st Century see them from tales told by, whom were told to them:

Tale One of the Amuc

The old man told me he saw them, They stood two feet high, the tall ones In the tunnels and mines of the Andes. Who lived in the hollow of the earth; In tunnels and caves, crevises and

Deep, deep: in the miners minds.

The old man told me he saw them; Was surrounded by those little people

(the Amuc) Whoes heritage is as ancient as Troy... They were two feet hight, the tall ones. Gray and black: were the color of

Their skin", with iron wings" For some odd reason: quite intriguing; So he told me, in the Mantaro Valley Of Peru!...

Note: #900 (somewhat how it was described to me by, 85-year old Papa Augusto, of the Mantaro Valley and Lima Peru; 10-2005)

Tale Two of the Amuc

"No wings, no wings," she said, as I asked what the Amuc looked like; and she added "...the Amuc have no wings...they have long blond hair, like dwarfs; and they guard the mines: the gold and minerals, in the mines of the Andes. And should you cause trouble"and make jokes of them they can be playful creatures, or critters not so playful: like piranhas in the deep."

Note: #901 (somewhat how it was discrtibed by Mini, of Huancayo, Peru; or perceived by the author)

Notes:

Note 1: 91.7 Radio "Super Latina", 10/19/2005, inteviewer Joseito Arrieta, reaching 1.2 million people in the Mantaro Valley Region about the book "Spell of the Andes" (paraphrased): the Municipality and the Cultura House from Huancayo should give an acknowledgement for the work you did on The Mantaro Valley.

Note 2: Channel #5 "Panamericana" 10/16/2005, "Good Morning Huancayo" (in Huancayo, Peru ((population 325,000)); interviewed by reporter: Vladimir Bendezu, on Mr. Siluk`s two books: "Spell of the Andes," and "Peruvian Poems": also on, Mr. Siluk's biography; for the Mantaro Valley Region, in Peru.)

*Note 3: Cesar Hildebrandt, International Journalist and Commentator, for Channel #2, in Lima, Peru, on October 7, 2005, introduced Mr. Siluks book, "Peruvian Poems," to the world, saying: "...Peruvian Poems, is a most interesting book, and important...." (population of Lima, eight million, and all of Peru: twenty-five million))plus a number of other Latin American countries: reaching about sixty-three million inhabidents, in addition, his program reaches Spain)).

Note 4: More than 144,000-visit Mr. Siluk's web site a year: see his travels and books...!

Nota 5: (*2): Csar Hildebrandt, Comentarista Internacional, en Canal 2, en Lima, Per, el 7 de octubre del 2005, introdujo el libro del Sr. Siluk, "Poemas Peruanos", al mundo, diciendo: "...Poemas Peruanos es un libro muy interesante, usted debera leerlo..."

Reviews:

Benjamin Szumskyj: Editor of SSWFT Magazine Australia

"In the Pits of Hell, a Seed of Faith Grows"

"The Macabre Poems: and other selected Poems,"

"...Siluk's Atlantean poems are also well crafted, from the surreal...to the majestic...and convivial..." and the reviewer adds: "All up, Siluk is a fine poet...His choice of topic and theme are compelling and he does not hold back in injecting his own personal thoughts and feelings directly into his prose, lyrics, odes and verse..."

Dennis Siluk

Writing is more than a hobby for me. It's a passion, one of the ways I capture and celebrate life.