



as if their souls were bees and the world had been nothing but flowers
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Ted Kooser
Traducción: Hilario Barrero
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as if their souls were bees 
It’s not a sheltered world.
The noise begins over there, on the other side of the wall
where the alehouse is with its laughter and quarrels,
its rows of teeth, its tears, its chiming of clocks,
and the psychotic brother-in-law, the murderer,
in whose presence everyone feels fear.
The huge explosion and the emergency crew arriving late,
boats showing off on the canals,
money slipping down into pockets
– the wrong man’s –
ultimatum piled on the ultimatum,
widemouthed red flowers who sweat
reminds us of approaching war.
And then straight through the wall — from there —
She is eight months pregnant,Just breathe. An unidentifiable blue fabric
has been tacked to the chairs.
Gold-headed tacks flew in with astronomical speed
and stopped smack there
as if there had always been
stillness and nothing else.

It’s the pressure from the other side of the wall,
the pressure that makes each fact float
and makes the brushstroke firm.
Passing through walls hurts human beings,
they get sick from it,
but we have no choice.
It’s all one world. Now to the walls.
The walls are a part of you.
One either knows that, or one doesn’t;
but it’s the same for everyone
except for small children.
There aren’t any walls for them.
The airy sky has taken its place
leaning against the wall.
It is like a prayer to what is empty.
And what is empty turns its face to us
and whispers:
“I am not empty, I am open.”
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Tomas Tranströmer
trans. by Robert Bly
in The Winged Energy of Desire (2004)
Paintings: Vermeer





If you look deeply into the palm of your hand,



The Feet, mechanical, go round
Of Ground, or Air, or Ought
A Wooden way
Regardless grown,
A Quartz contentment, like a stone









El cuento es muy sencillo
usted nace
contempla atribulado
el rojo azul del cielo
el pájaro que emigra
el torpe escarabajo
que su zapato aplastará
valiente
usted sufre
reclama por comida
y por costumbre
por obligación
llora limpio de culpas
extenuado
hasta que el sueño lo descalifica
usted ama
se transfigura y ama
por una eternidad tan provisoria
que hasta el orgullo se le vuelve tierno
y el corazón profético
se convierte en escombros
usted aprende
y usa lo aprendido
para volverse lentamente sabio
para saber que al fin el mundo es esto
en su mejor momento una nostalgia
en su peor momento un desamparo
y siempre siempre
un lío
entonces
usted muere.
Benedetti
Pintura: Daniel Sprick. Cut flowers.


Como en esta época del año
la flor que nos gusta
no está al alcance de mis manos
te mando una imaginaria.
Cecilia Casanova