FRENCH CONTEMPORARY POETRY: Henri Michaux, from “La Nuit Remue”, Council on the pines
“A monotonous noise does not necessarily calm. An auger not calm anyone, except perhaps the foreman. Still, it is among the monotonous noise that you have more chance of finding the calm. What is nice in the sound of the wind blowing on a forest pines, is that this noise has no edges, is round. But it has nothing to …
Read More »SPANISH CONTEMPORARY POETRY: Ángel Guinda, Avid Life
“Tu boca vertical me escupió oblicuo y no ha dejado tu sangre de rodar; más que en la mesa, al volcarse una botella, su dentro se derrama. Y esa sangre no puede coagular sino en mi pecho, en esa bomba músculo que llaman corazón y yo taberna. Bebo mosto de alumbramiento, negro alcohol espejo de tu ausencia. Llevo toda la …
Read More »FERREIRA GULLAR, ALL POETRY: None, vacancies
NAO HÁ VAGAS “O preço do feijão não cabe no poema. O preço do arroz não cabe no poema. Não cabem no poema o gás a luz o telefone a sonegação do leite da carne do açúcar do pão. O funcionário público não cabe no poema com seu salário de fome sua vida fechada em arquivos. Como não cabe no …
Read More »ANDREA DEL CASTAGNO, ITALIAN RENAISSANCE PAINTER: The master of realism gestural, in the shade of Masaccio and Donatello
LANDSCAPES OF THE SOUL: A poem from “Cuando todo calla”, by Hugo Mujica
“Viento y las nubes se deshacen; brisa y blancas se transfiguran. Hay ecos que no son de las palabras son del aliento, no nos repiten, nos convocan a escuchar lo que para decirse nos llama. Hay una hendidura en la palabra hendidura, un desgarro donde cada palabra calla, donde todo callar crea; es lo que en el decir es aliento …
Read More »A MOMENT FROM AMAZING: Cape Sounion, 70 km from Athens
Hello, welcome to Greece, my name is Alexis. I would like to have you with me a couple of days, to get to a promontory – Cape Sounion – located on the southern tip of Attica, Greece, 70 km from Athens, but only for a moment from the gates of the wonder. In a place not to be missed, I …
Read More »CLIFF OF MOHER, IRELAND: An itinerary that is worth a trip
True, my Irish coasts confirm a rule geographic: the lands exposed to the west are the most beautiful. Certainly will be your eyes, however, to judge what my already know, but the fact that I am an Irishman (madly in love of my land), nothing detracts from what nature has given abundantly to my homeland. http://www.ireland.com/ Finian I am, and …
Read More »BEDDGELERT, THE PASTORAL CHARM: The timeless magic of a Welsh village.
Welcome to Beddgelert, Arfon I am, and you’re with me in the county of Gwynedd – 53 ° 00.7’N 4th 06.06’W – at the confluence of the rivers Glaslyn and Colwy. http://www.beddgelerttourism.com/ . Grave of Gelert, this is an ancient legend, the name of my city, but that dog so special is now long dead, so we’ll have to settle …
Read More »ANDREA DE LITIO, RENAISSANCE PAINTER: knew the style of the painters of Florence, but he preferred to paint in the late Gothic style
DIE FOR NOT DIE FOR, BY PAUL ELUARD: To make be trapped
“This is a restaurant like no other. Are we to believe that I do not like anyone? A tall woman beside me, beating eggs with his fingers. A traveler puts his clothes on a table and holds me head. He is wrong, I do not know any mystery, I do not even know the meaning of the word: mystery, I …
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