Wednesday, 26. June 2002
Between what I see and what I say - Octavio Paz
[1] Between what I see and what I say Between what I say and what I keep silent Between what I keep silent and what I dream Between what I dream and what I forget: poetry. It slips between yes and no, says what I keep silent, keeps silent what I say, dreams what I forget. It is not speech: it is an act. It is an act of speech. Poetry speaks and listens: it is real. As soon as I say it is real, it vanishes. Is it more real? [2] Tangible idea, intangible word: poetry comes and goes.
Big Book Of Poetry
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alpha,
June 26, 2002 at 12:34:45 PM EDT
thanks
this is an author whom i really love enormously, just like almost all from southern or central america! woelfin alpha.antville.org
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aqss,
June 26, 2002 at 12:42:09 PM EDT
you are welcome! Latin American Poetry is highly sensual. S
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[1]
Between what I see and what I say
Between what I say and what I keep silent
Between what I keep silent and what I dream
Between what I dream and what I forget:
poetry.
It slips
between yes and no,
says
what I keep silent,
keeps silent
what I say,
dreams
what I forget.
It is not speech:
it is an act.
It is an act
of speech.
Poetry
speaks and listens:
it is real.
As soon as I say
it is real,
it vanishes.
Is it more real?
[2]
Tangible idea,
intangible
word:
poetry
comes and goes.