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UofMfan · 12-15-2011, 08:43 PM

Poema 13

He ido marcando con cruces de fuego
el atlas blanco de tu cuerpo.
Mi boca era una araña que cruzaba escondiéndose.
En ti, detrás de ti, temerosa, sedienta.

Historias que contarte a la orilla del crepúsculo,
muñeca triste y dulce, para que no estuvieras triste.
Un cisne, un árbol, algo lejano y alegre.
El tiempo de las uvas, el tiempo maduro y frutal.

Yo que viví en un puerto desde donde te amaba.
La soledad cruzada de sueño y de silencio.
Acorralado entre el mar y la tristeza.
Callado, delirante, entre dos gondoleros inmóviles.

Entre los labios y la voz, algo se va muriendo.
Algo con alas de pájaro, algo de angustia y de olvido.
Así como las redes no retienen el agua.
Muñeca mía, apenas quedan gotas temblando.
Sin embargo, algo canta entre estas palabras fugaces.
Algo canta, algo sube hasta mi ávida boca.
Oh poder celebrarte con todas las palabras de alegría.
Cantar, arder, huir, como un campanario en las manos de un loco.
Triste ternura mía, qué te haces de repente?
Cuando he llegado al vértice más atrevido y frío
mi corazón se cierra como una flor nocturna.

~ Pablo Neruda

persiphone · 12-16-2011, 07:39 AM

Tus Manos

Cuando tus manos salen,
amor, hacia las mías,
¿qué me traen volando?
¿Por qué se detuvieron
en mi boca, de pronto,
por qué las reconozco
como si entonces, antes,
las hubiera tocado,
como si antes de ser
hubieran recorrido
mi frente, mi cintura?
Su suavidad venía
volando sobre el tiempo,
sobre el mar, sobre el humo,
sobre la primavera,
y cuando tú pusiste
tus manos en mi pecho,
reconocí esas alas
de paloma dorada,
reconocí esa greda
y ese color de trigo.
Los años de mi vida
yo caminé buscándolas.
Subí las escaleras,
crucé los arrecifes,
me llevaron los trenes
las aguas me trajeron,
y en la piel de las uvas
me pareció tocarte.

La madera de pronto
me trajo tu contacto,
la almendra me anunciaba
tu suavidad secreta,
hasta que se cerraron
tus manos en mi pecho
y allí como dos alas
terminaron su viaje

~Pablo Neruda

and more *le sigh*

Fancy · 12-16-2011, 08:20 AM

Don't dream it, be it.

~Frank
RHPS

WolfyOne · 12-16-2011, 08:21 AM

I think we've all been here at one time or another.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas Edison

Kätzchen · 12-16-2011, 12:10 PM

Gentle Tiger · 12-16-2011, 12:16 PM

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

Frederick Keonig

Butterbean · 12-16-2011, 01:22 PM

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.

~Vicki Baum

Arwen · 12-16-2011, 01:26 PM

“The heart is a tender but hardy organ. Daring to have a wonderful experience, even though you may get hurt, is the only way you'll realize its deepest desires.” — Martha Beck

always2late · 12-16-2011, 06:20 PM

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. - Francois Muriac

sara-bera · 12-16-2011, 08:30 PM

"Be humble for you are made of the earth, be noble for you made of the stars." -Serbian Proverb

Ms. Meander · 12-17-2011, 06:25 AM

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.
Diane Ackerman

Fancy · 12-17-2011, 07:23 AM

I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.

Vanna White

UofMfan · 12-18-2011, 02:12 PM

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”~ Marilyn Monroe

Butterbean · 12-18-2011, 02:56 PM

Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

~Bill Watterson

Kätzchen · 12-18-2011, 06:33 PM

"I both actively and passively participate in being [...] that my uniqueness is a given but it simultaneously exits only to the degree to which I actualize my uniqueness because I am actual and irreplaceable I must actualize my uniqueness," ~ M.M. Bakhtin

(reference)

Liapunov, V. & Holquist, M. (Eds.) (1993). Mikhail M. Bakhtin's Toward a philosophy of the act. Translated by: Vadim Liapunov. Austin, TX: Austin Texas University Press.

JAGG · 12-18-2011, 07:34 PM

"When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath, then you will be successful."

bbdoll · 12-18-2011, 08:29 PM

My mom always said normal is just a cycle on the washing machine.

Diva · 12-19-2011, 12:43 AM

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

~Lawrence Block

Diva · 12-19-2011, 12:45 AM

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.

~Swedish Proverb

1QuirkyKiwi · 12-19-2011, 05:16 AM

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. (Buddha)

12-16-2011, 08:21 AM	#7904
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12-17-2011, 06:25 AM	#7911
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12-15-2011, 08:43 PM	#7901
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12-16-2011, 07:39 AM	#7902
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12-16-2011, 08:20 AM	#7903
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12-17-2011, 07:23 AM	#7912
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework. Vanna White

12-18-2011, 02:12 PM	#7913
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12-18-2011, 02:56 PM	#7914
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12-18-2011, 06:33 PM	#7915
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Relationship Status: Attached to my granddaughter and chosen family. Join Date: May 2010 Location: ツ Posts: 16,066 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,521 Times in 10,647 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	"I both actively and passively participate in being [...] that my uniqueness is a given but it simultaneously exits only to the degree to which I actualize my uniqueness because I am actual and irreplaceable I must actualize my uniqueness," ~ M.M. Bakhtin (reference) Liapunov, V. & Holquist, M. (Eds.) (1993). Mikhail M. Bakhtin's Toward a philosophy of the act. Translated by: Vadim Liapunov. Austin, TX: Austin Texas University Press.

12-18-2011, 07:34 PM	#7916
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12-18-2011, 08:29 PM	#7917
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12-19-2011, 12:43 AM	#7918
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for. ~Lawrence Block

12-19-2011, 12:45 AM	#7919
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12-19-2011, 05:16 AM	#7920
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