There are many ways to approach rendering text in a different language. From my perspective, there are three basic approaches: mechanical (computer), translation, and interpretive.{ … } …
Poema para niña
The trembling of a leaf ecstatic with calm:
throughout the day my desire follows
your existence, foreign to rule,
your indwelling rebellion
giving voice to my words.{ … }…
Alejandra Pizarnik: Night
Running where, I don’t know
here, there,
twisting, turning.
Basta! { … }…
Alejandra Pizarnik: Nocturne
The woman who died from her blue dress is singing
Drunk on death, she sings to the sun of her intoxication.
Within her song is a blue dress,
a white horse and a green heart
tattooed with the echoes of the heartbeats of her dead heart.
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Alejandra Pizarnik: Daughter of the Wind
They have come.
Defiling blood.
Smelling of feathers,
of loss,
of tears. { … }…
The Moon Calls
When the moon calls you to join her in her arms
To press her soft breasts against you
Your arm around her as you become one, [2018] { … }…
The Spiral – What She Said
Another argument, over???
What was it really?
No matter.
I need time to recover. [2018] { … }…
The Spiral – What He Heard
She walked out the door
screen door slamming shut.
She threw me a wave [2018] { … }…
¿Me quieres?
¿Me quieres?
In the pale dawn light
here I lie [2018] { … }…
Domingo
Sitting in his chair on the walk,
day after day
he’s seen many days, years, decades.
Teeth like an old halloween pumpkin
or a half eaten ear of corn
but with a smile just as large. [2018, 2019] { … }…