De vida en vida

Hermoso paraíso de salud. In Reeducation I would look at other people going about their lives and think: they are not less imperfect, or more guilty than I, yet they are not being interrogated, and they clearly feel free. I admired them as they swung their shoulders, looked forward and sideways, and walked right along. … More De vida en vida

Un día sobresale

UN DIA SOBRESALE De lo sonoro salen números, números moribundos y cifras con estiércol, rayos humedecidos y relámpagos sucios. De lo sonoro, creciendo, cuando la noche sale sola, como reciente viuda, como paloma o amapola o beso, y sus maravillosas estrellas se dilatan. En lo sonoro la luz se verifica: las vocales se inundan, el … More Un día sobresale

Arctic Music

Vicente Huidobro’s Poemas árticos, now set to music. V.H. is very amusing and offers an axiom for musicians: “Birds do not sing well.” A famous Arctic Poem is PAQUEBOT, where the mail boat (or boat mail) cuts the horizon in two. Axé.

Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Patricia Barone

The Glorified Body – a fascinating poem. “Though I’m old and sick,” said Uncle Ned, postincision, half his stomach gone, “in God’s eye, I’m just a baby.” He looks forward to his new body, his second coming together–successful, not like this dying from the inside out, ending in the rotten sweet smell of cancer, antimatter … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Patricia Barone

Alert. En Vida

Everyone needs your time and money right now, I know. But it is important to DEFEAT MEASURE 11 IN SOUTH DAKOTA and women there need your help. Consider it, and consider phone banking for Obama this weekend. One point of phone banking now is to get people to vote early – that is that much … More Alert. En Vida

Te Deum. Lomo de las Sagradas Escrituras. The Red Army Choir

I insist now upon speaking in very positive tones, but I am rocky and discouraged many days and I am in a state of distress about many things. More than I realize. I am improved but I should still recognize the foregoing squarely. It makes life easier. What I can see, I can cure. And … More Te Deum. Lomo de las Sagradas Escrituras. The Red Army Choir