miércoles, 26 de agosto de 2015

It is there - Midgard - The nine realms


Can you see it?

It is there with its days and its nights
with its darkness and its light
with its cold and its warmth
with its love and its hate
with its poison and its cure

can you see it?

right there in the middle
right there by the sea
right there being born
right there being destroyed

can you see it?

it is the place that falls
it is the place that rises
it is the place far away from the gods

can you see it?
it is right over there

it is the place
it is there
it is life

it is us.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

martes, 18 de agosto de 2015

Frostbitten mind - Jotunheim - Nine realms

Through darkness
and eternal sunshine

darkness and brightness
like never-ending dreams

frostbitten mind
awaits in another dream

thoughts
repeated

the pebble falls inside your mind

thoughts
                               repeated

thoughts
being broken
tongues
being broken

day and night
the mind is playing tricks

the night is long
the day is long

time stopping

the mind is flying in circles.
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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

lunes, 10 de agosto de 2015

Around the corner - Helheim - The nine realms

Just around the corner

there is confusion
and the land shakes
there are cries
and it is raining
there is angst
and the land is dry
there is hope
and nothing seems to change
there is money
and nothing has a value
there is lust
and there are children disappearing
there is wind
and the three is shaking
there is greed
and the wolf is running free
there is knowledge
and we cannot see the sun
there is freedom
and there is nowhere to go
there is ice melting
and the winter is never-ending.

just around the corner

                there is hell.
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This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

martes, 4 de agosto de 2015

Alone and afraid - Asgard - The nine realms

All alone
                smashing stones
                carving wood
                playing with gold
all alone
                behind a broken wall
                waiting for another spell

all afraid
                that the world might change
                that more giants might come
all afraid
                and the wolf is howling
                and the serpent is rattling
                and they can hear the giants’ steps

all alone

all afraid.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps website here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

martes, 28 de julio de 2015

Shining - Alfheim - The nine realms

Shining
it might be just a dream
a little voice small and fair
a blinding sun inside of you

moving
it might be just a parasite
                               an idea
a voice that it isn’t there

becoming
something at every step
something that you might deny
something that you might follow

growing
it might be just a cloud
                                               expanding
something like a blinding mist

shining
it might be just a maggot
a little bit of light             moving

something that you might ignore.
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You can read the post at the Artipeeps webpage here and listen at a reading of this poem.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015. 

domingo, 19 de julio de 2015

"Mono" by James Knight

“Mono”, by James Knight, is a novella about the natural history of sharks. No, wait. It is about the sharks that you have met in life, and about those weird friends of yours. It is a story about dreams and mirrors and the masks you are wearing right now. It is a book of fragmented stories, related poems, other books and the fragility of your memories.

It is also a book peppered with James´ irreverent images. These images do not illustrate the book, although they sometimes open another door on the story you are reading. The images could be a parallel novella, another story happening at the same time. They are doors to different rooms in the house that is James´ mind. And sometimes the rooms are dark.

James Knight´s “Mono” is daring and playful. You can see that James is having fun when he writes. He is an explorer of the narrative and he walks along dark corridors confidently, leaving behind traces of his raw, beautiful and unapologetic way of writing poetry.


Once you have read James´ books you cannot read the next one little by little. You want to read them completely. Immediately. You know that you will feel moved, scared, even disgusted at times. Yet you also know that you will laugh and you know that you will smile with the boldness and the beauty of his words. 

You can buy "Mono" here.

jueves, 28 de mayo de 2015

Coincidences

Kisses and murmurs
share a silence share a noise
 they speak they rattle
Glazed bile and water vapour
share a lightness share a heat
they boil and they rise
Sweet dreams and hopes
share a sky share a night
they rise and they evaporate
Inner thoughts and steps
share a rhythm share a voice
they go back and they go forth
Death and oblivion
share a stillness share a cry
that lasts and that hurts
Contentment and fudge
            share a bitterness and a lie
rancid and sweet
The sun and the moon
share a time and share a light
 they come and they go
Hopelessness and rust
share corrosion share a bite
they go deep and down
Loneliness and mold
share a dampness share a cold
they break down they infuse.
Hope and sunshine
share a light share a warmth
            they soothe they enliven
Fraternity and mist
            share a continuity share a force

                        they permeate they flow.


jueves, 21 de mayo de 2015

Crónica de una araña

Hay una araña que vive en el techo sobre mi cama, en un agujero perfecto. Sola, siempre sola, espera presas día a día.
La araña se asoma desde su agujero. Rodeada de la inmensidad del techo blanco, paciente la araña espera. Me pregunto qué hará toda la noche.
La araña no ha salido de su agujero. No es la mañana lo que le interesa, ni el resplandor del sol, ni las alegres criaturas matinales, no.
La araña se aventura dos centímetros de su agujero. La blanca extensión que mira es igual para todos lados. Indecisa y abrumada, sólo mira.
Aún en la noche, la araña sale con cautela. Sigilosa, se mueve en círculos alrededor de su agujero. Se aleja y regresa, tímida otra vez.
La araña no sale de día. Le gusta lo fresco de la noche, la somnolencia. Se aleja de la algarabía del día, de las alegres criaturas del sol.
Con el sol se esconde la araña. Se queda en su agujero rumiando las delicias de la noche, contando con sus ocho patas el paso del tiempo.
Insegura todavía de la contundencia de la noche, la araña asoma dos patas. El foco la hace dudar mientras los grillos la alientan a salir.
Todavía hay solo una araña.Una sola araña nocturna con una vida de espera:esperar la noche, esperar comida y, tal vez, esperar a otra araña.
El aire huele a lluvia, la paz del escampe y diminutas gotas con olor a tormenta aún flotan en el aire. La araña no ha salido de su agujero.
Oleadas de calor vienen y van, una nueva tormenta acecha.Los insectos no se atreven a invocar la lluvia.La araña sigue dentro de su agujero.
Entre trinos y humedad, la araña aventura sus patas fuera del agujero. Explora de un lado y del otro, comprobando la inminente mañana.
La lluvia y su cielo oscuro le hacen creer que la noche se aproxima.La araña se apresta a salir adelantando dos patitas fuera de su agujero.
Sale, da la vuelta, vuelve a entrar, se mueve nerviosa dentro de su agujero. La luz de la luna confunde a la araña.
En el agujero, la araña sigue siendo una.
Aprovechando el sonido de la lluvia la araña hace un rondín alrededor de su agujero.Viene la calma y la araña regresa presurosa a su morada.
La araña se demora en su agujero, rumiando tiempo, esperanza y desconsuelo, dejando que la vida pase.
Aprovechando los días de lluvia la araña hace limpieza en su agujero: desde lo alto -y con mucho trabajo- deja caer una viruta de pintura.
La araña camina insegura apenas tocando el relieve del techo. En segundos envuelve a su presa y vuelve, sin dar media vuelta, a su agujero.
La noche ha caído, un perro ladra sin parar, los grillos cantan al unísono, el viento fresco corre. La araña mira al este y no se mueve.

Entiendo que se murió, partió, o fue devorada. Nadie se asoma del agujero del techo. La araña no ha sido vista de nuevo.


miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2015

Half made

Made of paper
and comes the rain
and we get wrinkled
and comes the ink
and we say things we don’t really want to say.

Made of paper
and comes the wind
and we go where we don’t want to go
and comes the fire
and we are gone forever.

Made of glass
and time goes by
and we melt
and wind comes
and we hiss softly
and we howl the same lament.

Made of glass
and we break in pieces
pieces of sand and time
and we become someone else
someone for each broken piece

made of mist and fog
and we rise up to the sky
floating rivers and evaporating seas
and we are up in the sky

and we fall down and we leak.


miércoles, 6 de mayo de 2015

Tinta de pulpo

En el principio había luz. El pulpo salió y extendió sus tentáculos sobre el universo regando su tinta. Entonces la oscuridad se creó.
Los cefalópodos estaban conspirando y nubes de tinta explotaron en el fondo del océano. A medio día, nubes elevándose al cielo fueron confundidas con la noche.
Una noche, un mar de tinta de pulpo invadió el imperio de la oscuridad. Soñamos las peores pesadillas que jamás imaginamos. Aullamos y gritamos en sueños.
Las sepias se lanzan destellos en una danza eterna. De vez en cuando, un poco de tinta acompaña la danza. El arrecife, siempre ocupado, no se da cuenta.
Hay un camino de tinta de pulpo a lo largo del océano. Solo los navíos en llamas pueden encontrarlo en su camino a la muerte, el olvido y la eterna profundidad del mar.
Escribí una carta con tinta de pulpo y la envié al otro lado del mar. La carta nunca llegó a su destino, pero escuché que un enorme Kraken hundió un barco postal.
Tinta de pulpo corre por mis venas, oscurece mis pensamientos y mi corazón. Tentáculos crecen alrededor de mi corazón y me pierdo en un negro océano.
Durante el día, nuestro amor era simple y sencillo. Por la noche, esparcíamos tinta de pulpo y nos volvíamos Krakens. Nuestro amor era un monstruo de las profundidades.
Alfonsina vio hermosas palabras escritas sobre el mar con una oscura y mágica tinta. La tinta la llamaba. Ella caminó alegremente, seducida, cautivada.