Category: Poems

TSUNAMI The sea rose, broke down the door And came straight at you at your face Dragged underwater, you surrender Struggle immediately ceases And you drift along, with

WHAT ELSE SEARCHES THE WORD FOR . . . What else, searches the word for in the sediment of the verse if not for the impalpable —which exists

POEM OF THE MOON Like your face in a dark room So exhausted and strange Hangs the Moon in the black sky. I saw her bright and white

PSALM 1 Blessed is the man who does not follow the slogans of the party, neither attends its meetings nor sits at the table with the gangsters nor

  A NEW DAY I nestle my face against the cold pane of day. My breath warms up nothing but the tip of a Happy Island. A tear

BROKEN all the mirrors, disfigured even on the reverse side one’s own name undeveloped, our footsteps faded, your I my you —invisible trail— survive us.  RAFAEL CARCELÉN, SPAIN

MY DOLL When I was a girl, in the Aliyah neighbourhood, I had a doll with a missing arm or eye. And I’m not sure anymore if the

IF YOU LOVE ME, LOVE ALL OF ME If you love me, love all of me, not the places of light or shadow . . . If you

WHAT IS LEFT IS ONLY A NAME AS HERITAGE This is a journey shore-to-shore and passing feet of yesterday and moments ago having left no prints. Ask the

  BANGKOK Confused and scattered eternal holy city brilliant light of gold reeking of smoke and ash. Is it possible to dim the gleam of pearl cleaning this