January 1, 2018
The Sorters
From the Spanish. read in the rice the same as what blood reads in the body that can't sort a thing. They count the hard remains (clots, torn sky, […]
January 1, 2018
What Counts
From the Spanish. what counts is being there, on the edge of the stands. the dogs barking in front of you. dogs trained in the art of killing. welterweight […]
January 1, 2018
The Years of Learning
From the Spanish. when my mother would beat my back with her belt, i'd often curse her on the inside, "hold back those tears, asshole, for when you'll need […]
January 1, 2018
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From the Spanish. the getting off i do waiting for Godot smells like mackerel in tomato sauce without tomato or oil or basil or low flame or high flame […]
January 1, 2018
Strange Animal, Innocence
From the Spanish. Children, if they can, grow. —José Saramago The time comes when you discover behind the latticework of your chest the death of the old animal innocence. […]
January 1, 2018
Prehistory
From the Spanish. Let us make the poem in the image of man, but eternal. Beneath the uneven shadow of ferns the last Cro-Magnon man gazes at himself. The […]
January 1, 2018
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From the Spanish. i'm not going to read you a poem by Ezra Pound mom informs me on the phone i'm going to read you the last law to […]
January 1, 2018
Matter (selections)
From the Spanish. When I see the dust in my room floating, I think of the maxim, sink my face into it. • • We humans have built what's real, […]
January 1, 2018
Quail
From the Spanish. A downpour of decapitated quail stone the hunger of those crossing the desert. A rain of headless birds is a headless rain. What forest was left […]
January 1, 2018
Letter Alpha Writing (selections)
From the Spanish. 11 Supermarket candidates nervously smile To possible public. Still, how skillful Cashiers hired from before converse with Spontaneous customers, candidates breathe Destroy moment not lasting long […]
January 1, 2018
The Truck Driver and Me
From the Spanish. the first time i heard a poem, a poem by Charles Bukowski, was in the cab of a truck. it was a radio program and the […]
January 1, 2018
Flourishing in Ruins
From the Spanish. Indescribable love flourishing in ruins the house that in years gone by belonged to the Chinese has seen it all: beauty and fear desire is mercury […]