Tag: Spain
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* living, dreaming & apples
Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it. — Antonio Machado I look at this quote and see much of the poetic craft summed up in it. There is the living of everyday life – work, chores, relationships, food, tying your shoelaces – all the things that make up routine, the background […]
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* Phil Levine & the friday influence
This week on the Influence: Philip Levine. When I read the following poem to Ani she picked up on something I did not when I first read it four years earlier: that it takes place in Spain. This makes sense seeing as Phil Levine has spent much time in Spain and written often on the […]
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* translation 3/3 on the friday influence
(from Proverbios y Cantares – Antonio Machado) * XXXII. Oh faith of meditation! Oh faith after deep thought! When a heart returns to earth, the human cup overflows, and the sea swells. *** This week, The Friday Influence presents the work of the great Spanish poet Antonio Machado. I first ran across the above poem […]
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