December 23, 2024 6:23 pm

MARICHIKO, POEMS OF LOVE: If I think

IF I THINK If I thought I could go away to come to you, ten thousand miles would be a mile. But we’re in the same city and I dare not see you, and a mile It is longer than a million miles. (Marichico) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Poems-Marichiko-Kenneth-Rexroth/dp/0879221003      

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OUR HANDS IN THE WATER: Poetry, by Yves Bonnefoy

OUR HANDS IN THE WATER We fidget this water. In it, our hands are sought, sometimes touching, broken shapes. Further down, is a current, is something invisible, other trees, other lights, other dreams. And look, are also other colors. Refraction transfigures the red. It was a summer day? No, it is the time that will change the sky, and into …

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ROTATIONS: Poetry, by Lorenzo Mari

ROTATIONS The rotation of a star, I understand with the heart. There are red hot stones on the night of the body. These are the names that trace their orbit of oblivion, their ellipse years and forgetfulness. (Lorenzo Mari)

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ISLAND COZUMEL, MEXICO: A dream, for a journey through lagoons and beaches

Ciega and Chan Kanab? These are the names of two lagoons, those that you can admire in Playa San Francisco, with the ability to maintain – however – your eyes open, because these beaches, they are not a dream, but a beautiful reality. Isla Cozumel, does not want to compete with the more famous Cancun, because it is content with …

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ON THE ROOF OF VENEZUELA: Journey in the Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada

You will have already tasted the horizons of the Llanos and Lake Maracaibo, those that fade up, showing you the grandeur of the Andes. If you want to – in just two hours – you get to step Pico El Aquila, next to the snow, but along the way do not miss the opportunity to observe the changing landscape, including …

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WATER AND LAND: LANDSCAPES – Poetry of José Emilio Pacheco

WATER AND LAND: LANDSCAPES It is time imperceptible that it is night. And no one asks how does the night, that matter secret is building the night. Sea, return at night the darkness that draws in your abyss. It rains and the world is concentrated in the rain. The water is absorbed. The whole Earth is sinking in the rain. …

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JOURNEY IN GREECE – The north eastern Aegean islands

Thassos and Samothrace, Limnos and Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Ikaria. Seven islands that – almost like a mosaic – reveal a complex natural and historical landscape, where memories Byzantine, Genoese and Ottoman open your eyes. Monasteries and small villages, castles, mountains and forests of pine, olive and cypress trees. But also beautiful springs and waterfalls of crystal clear water, rocky …

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EUBEA, YOUR HOUSE IN GREECE: Holidays in Sporades Islands

Welcome. Even today, I have waited, to continue our tour of the archipelago of the Sporades Islands, on the island Euboea. We will find forests of chestnut trees and many pine trees, but if you love the sea, we will be able to go on the lonely coast north through winding roads. We have the opportunity to visit the Archaeological …

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