Surrealismus
Convulsive beauty/desire unbound. Axé.
Convulsive beauty/desire unbound. Axé.
We voted, and now we have a furor. I would like to write a parody based upon what follows, but I have no time. Thus does my parody remain “unattempted in prose or rhyme.” Yet it is the weekend, and so we must sing. 1 Le donne, i cavallier, l’arme, gli amori, le cortesie, l’audaci … More Il Furore
If an expatriate is, as I believe, someone who never forgets for an instant being one, then, no. But, if knowing that you always tote your country around with you, your roots, a lump like a soul that will never leave you stranded in alien subsets of yourself, or your wild entire; that being elsewhere … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Dorothea Tanning
El día toca a su fin. De la cumbre de un enorme risco baja el rebaño pastor garrido, que con pesadumbre toca en su quena un yaraví de antaño. El sol que lento cae, con su lumbre dá un tinte de misterio y de tristeza á un campo de solemne soledumbre. La aura pasa suave. … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Soneto
The Smallest It is in front of the tree. The houses around the windows are lit by it, it turns off and goes upon knees and wherever the bone is almost next to the skin. It has been defamed. It will become undernourished. It is not without end. It is not. It is not what … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: James Schuyler
Hasta el día en que vuelva, de esta piedra nacerá mi talón definitivo, con su juego de crímenes, su yedra, su obstinación dramática, su olivo. Hasta el día en que vuelva, prosiguiendo, con franca rectitud de cojo amargo, de pozo en pozo, mi periplo, entiendo que el hombre ha de ser bueno, sin embargo. Hasta … More My Definitive Heel
It is really fun to be able to understand references like “Cuba y la noche” or any other literary allusion. We will therefore reproduce one poem which is already too famous. Dos patrias tengo yo: Cuba y la noche. ¿O son una las dos? No bien retira su majestad el sol, con largos velos y … More Cuba y la noche
Durmo. Se sonho, ao despertar não sei Que coisas eu sonhei. Durmo. Se durmo sem sonhar, desperto Para um espaço aberto Que não conheço, pois que despertei Para o que inda não sei. Melhor é nem sonhar nem não sonhar E nunca despertar. I remain in Brazilian captivity. It is January 1, 2010, and my … More Fernando Pessoa
Madre nuestra, esta mañana me he corrido con las hiedras, al ver la azul caravana de las piedras, de las piedras, de las piedras… –C.V. In the tropics, the ants arrive quickly, furiously, and voraciously to each new event. That is why the last scion of the Buendía tribe is always already being eaten by … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: The Ants
I would reproduce this painting by Juan Gris if I could, since it gives quite a good idea of the view from my current atelier on the Bay of All Saints. I like this atelier very much and I am tempted to think I should acquire a similar one here, if I could. I taught … More Juan Gris