The Song of Despair

7 months ago

You swallowed everything, like distance.Like the sea, like time.In you everything sank!It was the happy hour of assault and the…

The Queen

7 months ago

I have named you queen.There are taller than you, taller.There are purer than you, purer.There are lovelier than you, lovelier.But…

The Night in Isla Negra

7 months ago

Ancient night and the unruly saltbeat at the walls of my house.The shadow is all one, the skythrobs now along…

The Fickle One

7 months ago

My eyes went away from meFollowing a dark girl who went by.She was made of black motherofpearlMade of darkpurple grapes,And…

Tell Me, Is The Rose Naked?

7 months ago

Tell me, is the rose nakedOr is that her only dress?.Why do trees concealThe splendor of their roots?.Who hears the…

Sonnet XVII

7 months ago

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.I…

Sonnet VIII

7 months ago

If your eyes were not the color of the moon,of a day full [here, interrupted by the baby waking --…

Soneto XVII

7 months ago

No te amo como si fueras rosa de sal, topacioo flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego:te amo como se…

Some Beasts

7 months ago

It was the twilight of the iguana:From a rainbowing battlement,a tongue like a javelinlunging in verdure;an ant heap treading the…

Poor Fellows

7 months ago

What it takes on this planet,to make love to each other in peace.Everyone pries under your sheets,everyone interferes with your…