Kyoto Protocol: 2 poems by Alexander Best
Posted: June 1, 2011 Filed under: Alexander Best, English, Spanish, ZP Translator: Lidia García Garay Comments Off on Kyoto Protocol: 2 poems by Alexander BestHANDMADE POEM
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One way
Right way
Lost and pounding
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Treasure
Shovel
Message
Bottle
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Plastic
Bagful
Urgent
Bubble
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Soilmouth
Steepdrink
Skypit
Hovel
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Un-way
Our way
Human foundling
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Mousepad
Chisel
Boulder
Nipple
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Clayclod
Seedhusk
Grounded
People
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Yucca
Maize and
Grains
Astounding
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Cellphone
Oatmeal
Idealogjam
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Slowburn
Brainsmoke
Concrete
Feed me
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Juice of
Grasses
Miles of
Malls and
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Micro
Chip off
Old block
Heed me.
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WATER SONNET
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My love and I go down to the well
With buckets at our waists,
and dip the vessels in, refresh ourselves,
Then give we chase…
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The sparkling drench is ours,
Extravagance of simple choice.
We swallow all, we surge and runneth o’er
By such device.
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And liquid Time a-rushing flows
And tolls the bell for me,
And you – where did our children go?
Could we abandoned be?
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My love and I went down to the well
And turned our buckets over;
And sat upon them;
Sighed and waited – waited, sighed –
Forever.
(September 2010)
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POEMA AL AGUA
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Mi amada y yo vamos al pozo
Con cántaros a la cintura,
Los metemos al agua, nos refrescamos y
luego correteamos…
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El líquido brillante que nos empapa es nuestro,
una extravagancia fácil de escoger
nos la tomamos, resurgimos y
nos dejamos atropellar por tal método.
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Y el Tiempo líquido corre y nos toca la campana
¿Y vosotros— adónde fueron vuestros hijos?
¿Hemos sido abandonados tal vez?
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Mi amada y yo fuimos al pozo,
Pusimos nuestros cántaros boca abajo
y nos sentamos en ellos;
Suspiramos y esperamos – esperamos, suspiramos
Para siempre.
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Traducción al español por Lidia García Garay
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