Silencio imperfecto

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Kristin Dykstra and Roberto Tejada, featuring an essay by Kristin Dykstra. "Omar Perez Lopez (1964-) was born in the city of Havana and has lived most of his life to date in Cuba. A former journalist, Perez has explored a wide array of literary genres, particularly poetry, translation, and the essay...At the center of SOMETHING OF THE SACRED is the exploration of displacement. Perez sees poetic metaphor as 'the subtle displacement of something objective'...His apparent strangeness, particularly in his varied uses of Zen traditions, ...

Cuando se dicen cosas con amores. Cuando se engaña al mundo con mentiras. Aunque el sol nos abrace en el camino surgirá de las sombras la Poesía. Aunque un día no existan los Poetas y vaguemos a ciegas por la vida, ¡¡imposible será que ella no exista!! Poesía es la vida misma.

Poesía, la realidad está llena de grietas que nos permiten respirar, pero ¿qué esconden sus esquirlas?

Selected with special dedication by the knowing eye of a beloved Colombian poet, this anthology of impassioned poetry is unique within the genre, given that each poem represents a different place in the spectrum of desire—ranging from tormenting lust to the delightful pleasure of a simple "I love you." Within these pages is the loving lyricism and sentiment of such poets as Tennessee Williams, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Walt Whitman, André Bréton, and Dylan Thomas. Escogidos con especial dedicación por el ojo conocedor de un poeta adorado colombiano, este recetario pasional constituye una...