La mirada que cautivó mi corazón
2025
«El Big Bang del universo poético de Marcelo Rioja.»
Poetry · Verses of love and distance
Words that sail
toward your heart.
I'm Marcelo Rioja. I write poems of love, longing, and the beauty of the universe — collections that cross time and distance. Here are all my books, available on Apple Books.
The books
My collections
Each cover links to its page on Apple Books.
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Cerca de tu luz
del amanecer cotidiano a la gratitud
El nuevo poemario de Marcelo Rioja: un viaje del asombro del primer encuentro a la gratitud, donde el amor se mide con espectrógrafos, cambia el spin de las almas y se entrega desarmado. Disponible en español, inglés y alemán en Apple Books.
«Cerca de tu luz, el mundo se vuelve nítido.»
✨ Available on Apple Books
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Close to Your Light
from the everyday dawn to gratitude
Marcelo Rioja’s new collection: a journey from the wonder of first sight to gratitude — where love is measured with spectrographs, changes the spin of souls, and surrenders unarmed. Available in Spanish, English, and German on Apple Books.
“Close to your light, the world becomes clear.”
✨ Jetzt bei Apple Books
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Nah an deinem Licht
vom alltäglichen Morgengrauen zur Dankbarkeit
Der neue Gedichtband von Marcelo Rioja: eine Reise vom Staunen des ersten Blicks zur Dankbarkeit — wo die Liebe mit Spektrografen gemessen wird, den Spin der Seelen verändert und sich waffenlos ergibt. Jetzt auf Spanisch, Englisch und Deutsch bei Apple Books erhältlich.
„Nah an deinem Licht wird die Welt klar.“
🇻🇪 Edición especial · Venezuela
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Conversaciones con el infinito
Poemas. Un diálogo entre el amor y el pensamiento: sesenta y cinco encuentros imaginarios con Platón, Einstein, Rilke, Simone Weil, Heisenberg, Jesús de Nazaret y otros grandes pensadores. Descubrí las críticas completas y dónde conseguirlo.
💛 Todas las regalías de esta edición serán donadas para ayudar a las víctimas del terremoto en Venezuela.
🇻🇪 Special edition · Venezuela
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Conversations with the Infinite
Poems. A dialogue between love and thought: sixty-five imagined encounters with Plato, Einstein, Rilke, Simone Weil, Heisenberg, Jesus of Nazareth, and other great thinkers. Discover the full reviews and where to get it.
💛 All royalties from this edition will be donated to help the victims of the earthquake in Venezuela.
🇻🇪 Sonderausgabe · Venezuela
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Gespräche mit dem Unendlichen
Gedichte. Ein Dialog zwischen Liebe und Denken: fünfundsechzig imaginäre Begegnungen mit Platon, Einstein, Rilke, Simone Weil, Heisenberg, Jesus von Nazareth und anderen großen Denkern. Entdecke die vollständigen Kritiken und wo du das Buch findest.
💛 Alle Tantiemen dieser Ausgabe werden gespendet, um den Erdbebenopfern in Venezuela zu helfen.
Serie · En el camino hacia tu corazón
En tu búsqueda
2026
«Una travesía que comienza en la espera y culmina en el encuentro.»
Más poemarios
Por todos los huequitos que no podés ver
2026
«Un libro escrito con la precisión del universo.»
Entre las páginas perdidas
2026
«Las páginas perdidas siempre encuentran un corazón que las lee.»
Series · On the road to your heart
More collections
Through All the Little Holes You Cannot See
2026
"A book written with the precision of the universe."
Reihe · Auf dem Weg zu deinem Herzen
Der Blick, der mein Herz verzauberte
2025
„Der Urknall eines poetischen Universums."
Weitere Bände
Durch all die kleinen Löchlein, die du nicht sehen kannst
2026
„Ein Buch geschrieben mit der Präzision des Universums."
Zwischen den verlorenen Seiten
2026
„Verlorene Seiten finden immer ein Herz, das sie liest."
Reviews
What readers say
Critiques and comments on each book.
The Gaze That Captivated My Heart
“Some gazes go unnoticed. And then there is one gaze, just one, that has the power to stop time, to mark a before and after, to ignite an entire universe.”
Read the full review →Sailing to You
“Sailing to You is the book of someone who loves without guarantees, writes without a net, and waits without limits of time. The sailboat is fragile. The sea is uncertain. But the lighthouse remains lit.”
Read the full review →Beneath Your Sky
“Beneath Your Sky is the fruit of that waiting, that faithfulness, that love that understands neither distance nor time. It is not a book about love: it is love made into words.”
Read the full review →In Search of You
“His poems are like Voyager: they carry a message, a memory, a heartbeat. And like her, someday, at some point where maps end, words and matter will meet and return the embrace.”
Read the full review →With You Forever
“Rioja writes with restraint that is hard to achieve and easy to lose. He knows when to stop. Prayer ends after six short stanzas. Spring asks for nothing but her song.”
Read the full review →Through All the Little Holes You Cannot See
“Through All the Little Holes You Cannot See is a collection of 58 poems born from an impossible question: how does a father say ‘I love you’ to a son who speaks the language of the universe? Marcelo Rioja's answer is to learn that language. Not in formulas — in words and love.”
Read the full review →Among the Lost Pages
“Marcelo Rioja gives us a collection that does not seek to dazzle with rhetorical artifice, but to move from the most intimate truth. Each poem is an open window onto his inner universe: a space where love, distance, fatherhood and faith intertwine with the immensity of the cosmos.”
Read the full review →Literary review
On the Poetry of Marcelo Rioja
Marcelo Rioja is a contemporary poet who has found two great veins of inspiration for his work. The first springs from that universal empathy the artist feels for the admiration and emotions awakened by his muse. The second has to do with the sentimental architecture that emerges in someone who brings a tender being into the world and whose wellbeing gives meaning to his existence.
Part of his work is grounded in the alchemy of scientific concepts to express the immeasurable universe of emotions and feelings that only those we love can provoke. And that, as readers, touches our souls.
Community
Reader voices
Real opinions from people who've already read the books — on Apple Books, Kobo, social media, and direct messages.
“Ya lo compré Marcelo, muchas gracias por esta buena acción. Un abrazo.”
“Felicidades y éxitos, querido Marcelo, hay mucho amor en lo que escribís. Y de gran corazón la donación que harás. Sin duda Diosito te acompañará.”
“Qué hermoso lo que escribís, querido Marcelo. Acabo de leer un buen tanto, tenía mucha curiosidad. Te auguro mucho éxito, no solo en este libro, sino en todo tu potencial de escritor. Mis aplausos.”
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Hello, I'm Marcelo Rioja.
I write poetry about love that crosses time and distance. These poems were born from a two-second glance and forty-six years of hope. Throughout that time, in every gaze I tried to find the depth tied to my ideal.
Each collection is a journey of words toward a single destination: her heart. Thank you for reading this beautiful love story.
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