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

sombra

Sombra:

noche pequeña

al pie de cualquier árbol.

Humberto Ak-Abal

clairvoyance

'Sólo la poesía es clarividente.'

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

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