POETRY

LOW BRANCHES While that means last but not knowing, take eternity by low branches that protect the table where light and shadow play, on my white page of this morning. Around these two trees, first the blade, then the house, then the time, then tomorrow, to open oblivion, which already dissolves these fruits yesterday dropped by the table. There is …

THE HILL > I have come this far on my own legs, missing the bus, missing taxis, climbing always. One foot in front of the other, that is the way I do it. It does not bother me, the way the hill goes on. Grass beside the road, a tree rattling its black leaves. So what? The longer I walk, …

“The Book of Ephraim” is the first of three books that make up “The Changing Light at Sandover,” the masterpiece of one of the most important American poets of the late twentieth century, James Merrill (1926/1995). FROM THE BOOK OF EPHRAIM Admittedly I err by undertaking this is its present form. The baldest prose reportage was called for, that would …

What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way (the Vitruvian approach to life), also reading a poetry, like that. IT’S TIME, MY FRIEND, IT’S TIME It’s time, my friend, it’s time! The heart calls for peace. Flying day after day, and every hour takes away a particle of life, you and I, the two of …

The atmosphere of a country, and that of a nation, is also made of its language. Only by reading, you can “feel” what the eyes do not see. Visiting Spain, you can read this book by Jesús Díaz Armas: Deltedio. This is “The Meeting Benches way”: a perfectly proportioned man, created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human …

ALLEY To me sometimes call your voice, and I know that skies and waters, to me they wake up in a network of sun that unravels, on your walls that were at night, a swinging lamp, the workshops late, full of wind and sadness. Another time: a frame beating in the courtyard, and you could hear the night crying, of …

HUNGER? Listening to words in the Russian language – during your trip – you can do more: do not forget the poetry of Mikhail Eisenberg. That is the Meeting Benches way to travel: a perfectly proportioned man – created by Leonardo da Vinci – correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, …

When you enter a different country from yours, you get an opportunity: to expand your cultural horizons, even that of its language. Welcome to the Brazilian poetry of Marly de Oliveira. The Meeting way: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. That geometrical way of …

Knowing a nation, it is also “feel” its poetry. Welcome to the German-language poetry. The Meeting Benches way: a perfectly proportioned man, was created by Leonardo da Vinci, correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. That geometrical way of the mind, could live with the simplicity of the sides of a charming square, where joy, …

NIGHT’S VIGIL In the deep night vigil the moonlight cuts through men and houses, the Great Bear cross the skies in the north, Sagittarius declines in the south. On this night I mean better the warm air of spring: entry of insects again penetrates the green veil of the window. (Liu Fang-P’ing) THOUGHT LOOKING The network image, launched, widens more …