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Poem

Myriam Montoya

Light filters into the hemisphere

from Flor de rechazo

Light filters into the hemisphere
between the crevices of night
feasting
motionless and tingling bodies

In the depth of the wound time is reborn
Igneous auroras of the primeval chaos
Silhouettes of exile
devoured by the planet’s jaws
The flower of fire
Music of whales
The snapping of the beast
The boldness of siroccos
on cities just grown

Lights filters into woods
oblique rays interweave the shadow
of the plantation
A pin immobilises the butterfly
in full flight
Indolent chants celebrate
the tremulous bodies lying after
the battles of a bloody glow

Light filters into the hemisphere

de Flor de rechazo

La luz se filtra en el hemisferio
entre las rendijas de la noche
festejando
cuerpos inmóviles y hormigueantes

En la hondura de la herida renace el tiempo
Auroras ígneas del caos primero
Siluetas del exilio
devoradas por las mandíbulas del planeta
La flor de fuego
Música de ballenas
La dentellada de la fiera
El denuedo de sirocos
sobre ciudades recién crecidas

La luz se filtra entre bosques
rayos oblicuos entrecruzan la sombra
de la plantación
Un alfiler inmoviliza en pleno vuelo
a la mariposa
Indolentes cantares celebran
los cuerpos trémulos que yacen después
de las contiendas de un arrebol sangriento
Close

Light filters into the hemisphere

from Flor de rechazo

Light filters into the hemisphere
between the crevices of night
feasting
motionless and tingling bodies

In the depth of the wound time is reborn
Igneous auroras of the primeval chaos
Silhouettes of exile
devoured by the planet’s jaws
The flower of fire
Music of whales
The snapping of the beast
The boldness of siroccos
on cities just grown

Lights filters into woods
oblique rays interweave the shadow
of the plantation
A pin immobilises the butterfly
in full flight
Indolent chants celebrate
the tremulous bodies lying after
the battles of a bloody glow

Light filters into the hemisphere

from Flor de rechazo

Light filters into the hemisphere
between the crevices of night
feasting
motionless and tingling bodies

In the depth of the wound time is reborn
Igneous auroras of the primeval chaos
Silhouettes of exile
devoured by the planet’s jaws
The flower of fire
Music of whales
The snapping of the beast
The boldness of siroccos
on cities just grown

Lights filters into woods
oblique rays interweave the shadow
of the plantation
A pin immobilises the butterfly
in full flight
Indolent chants celebrate
the tremulous bodies lying after
the battles of a bloody glow
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
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Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
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Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
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