Mourning Problems — Xi Chuan
Mourning Problems
by Xi Chuan
Source: The Paris Review
an ant dies, and no one mourns
a bird dies, and no one mourns if it isn’t a crested ibis
a monkey dies, and monkeys...
Eros at Play — Why the ancient erotic poems of Sappho and Wallada bint...
Source: Aeon
A woman rests in a field surrounded by apple trees. Savouring the sounds and smells of the shaded grove, she muses on the ‘sacred recess’ of her idyllic surroundings,...
I Want Only to Be a Worn-Down Stone
I want only to be a worn-down stone
on the ruins of time,
a dolmen
raised above this forsaken graveyard’s
terrain.
( Alain Mabanckou )
Source: The Paris Review Issue no. 229 (Summer 2019)
Um mundo negro e duro, segundo Cruz e Sousa
Publicado originalmente no diário Tribuna da Imprensa (v.aqui)
O poeta João da Cruz e Sousa (1861-1898) nasceu em Desterro, atual Florianópolis, tornou-se conhecido como o “Cisne Negro” de nosso Simbolismo,seu...