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Tag: poesía

The Masque of Anarchy

Stand ye calm and resolute,
Like a forest close and mute,
With folded arms and looks which are
Weapons of unvanquished war.
And if then the tyrants dare,
Let them ride among you there,
Slash, and stab, and maim and hew,
What they like, that let them do.
With folded arms and steady eyes,
And little fear, and less surprise
Look upon them as they [...]

Leía anoche, en un gordísimo volumen con las obras completas de Allen Ginsberg: My grief at Peter’s not loving me was grief at not loving myself. Recordé también otra frase que me marcó, hace unos meses, de Spinoza: La felicidad no es un premio que se otorga a la virtud, sino que es la virtud [...]

Versos Órficos

Vers Oprhiques, D’après tablette retrouvées dans une tombe de la Grande-Grèce.
Sur le seuil de la porte noire,
A droite, au pied d’un peuplier,
Coule l’eau qui fait oublier.
A gauche sourd l’eau de Mémoire ;
Cristal glacé, froide liqueur,
L’eau de Mémoire est dans son coeur.
La joie et la peine y vont boire ;
Des sages siège sur son bord [...]

To see a world in a grain of sand

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Con Ginsberg

Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
Todos estos años he soñado con el Reino Perdido, la Arcadia, ese reino milenario, nuestro verdadero hogar, lejos de este mundo feo, triste, sin libertad.
The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy!
The nose is holy! The tongue [...]