Thursday 24 April 2014

remembering & forgetting


Camino al revés



De vez en cuando
camino al revés:
es mi modo de recordar.

Si caminara sólo hacia delante,
te podría contar
cómo es el olvido.

Humberto Ak'abal





I Journey Backwards

From time to time
I journey backwards
It is my way of remembering.

If I walked forward alone,
I would be able to tell you
What oblivion is like.


Translated from Spanish to English by Andres Alfaro

Wednesday 23 April 2014

sombra



Sombra:
noche pequeña
al pie de cualquier árbol.


Humberto Ak-Abal

Saturday 19 April 2014

clairvoyance



'Sólo la poesía es clarividente.'

Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Thursday 17 April 2014

future - silence - nothing



When I pronounce the word Future,
the first syllable already belongs to the past.


When I pronounce the word Silence,
I destroy it.



When I pronounce the word Nothing,
I make something no nonbeing can hold. 

Wislawa Szymborska: Three oddest words

Wednesday 16 April 2014

bleeding hearts




Dainty bleeding hearts

Flower in shady gardens

An ode to lost loves 




Haiku Bleeding Hearts

by 
A Poet Who Loves To Sing ….AlvesHolmes