6)The Mad Earth (In Lima, Peru 11:45 PM)
I was looking for a book to read
In my library, 11:45 PMThursday,
When the mad earth, like a train
Came, camea little roar: the
Earth trembled, then trembled more.
It was, was my first earthquake!
It came like a train, then was gone;
Like the end, very end of a song
and I stood in the archway of my
Library: amazed ((with my wife)), that
Something, someplace, fathoms below,
Made the earth shake: shake its
Foundations, right through the sea,
The planet crustto us!...
#895 Note: at the time of the Earthquake, I was looking for a book by ERB, The Mad King and the first roar of the quake, was light, the second was a bit thicker, and the third was a roar, with a shakeamazing. Dennis
Spanish Version Translated by Rosa Pealoza
La Tierra Loca (En Lima, Per 11:45 de la noche)
Estaba buscando un libro para leer En mi biblioteca, 11:45 de la nocheera jueves, Cuando la tierra loca, como un tren
Vino, vinoun rugido pequeo: la Tierra tembl, despus tembl ms. Fue, fue mi primer temblor! Este vino como un tren, luego se fue; Como el final, el final de una cancin
y yo estuve de pie en el arco de la puerta mi Biblioteca: asombrado ((con mi esposa)), que Algo, en algn sitio, brazas subterrneas, Hicieron temblar a la tierra: sacudir sus Fundaciones: directamente por la Corteza del Planeta, el mara nosotros!...
# 895 Nota: en el momento del temblor, estaba buscando un libro por ERB, El Rey Loco y el primer rugido del temblor, fue ligero, suave, el segundo fue un poco ms fuerte, y el tercio fue un rugido, con una a sacudida-- asombroso. Dennis.
7)My Favorite Caf
(October, Guinea Pig))Downtown Lima, Peru))
The coffee is great at the Favorite Caf,
And Juan has just shown me two guinea pigs!
Two fat ones to eat next week:
I have 3,000, he says
(some place) I wonder
if he want s me to eat them every day,
in every wayfor the rest of my vacation?
(all 45days)
I think Ill have one, and
The coffee will dothe Guinea Pig, barbecued!
#893 10/13/2005 (dedicated to Juan at the Favorite Caf, Lima, Peru)
Versin en espaol
Traducido por Rosa Pealoza
Mi Caf Favorito
(Octubre, Cuy))Centro de Lima, Per))
El caf es grande en el caf La Favorita,
y justo Juan acaba de mostrarme doscuyes!
Dos gordos para comer la prxima semana:
Tengo 3,000, l dice
(en algn lugar) me pregunto
si l quiere que yo los coma cada da,
de cada modopor el resto de mis vacaciones?
(todos los 45 das)
pienso que tendr una, y
el caf harbarbacoa de cuy !
# 893 13 de octubre del 2005 (dedicado a Juan en el caf La Favorita, en Lima, Per)
8)The Tale of an Ole Pachacamac Ghoul (In Lima, Peru)
Once before, and under the sun
I was handsome, and oh so young
It was not gold that made me a ghoul
Nor riches of a city, that made me despair
It was, it was the dark nurture from the deep,
Who glimpsed upon me during sleep,
Asleep upon my dream-shaped bed,
Leonardo, the demon came and fed.
The spirits, shadows, shapes and ghouls,
The ancient gods from near and far
Gigantic forms, far and near;
All, they alltrampled like goats to be here.
(To celebrate my transformation.)
Dear, oh dear!here they are!
Im afraidafraid to whisper now
They dwell around me, make no sound
It is that, they have eaten melike a cow!
They come in swarms, from far and near
They gnaw upon my every flaccid limb
And shatter my bones, like loose wooden twigs
The ghosts and ghouls from ole Pachacamac
(and here now is where I live).
Note: Pachacamac is an archeological site inside the south of Lima, Peru; the city is spread out like the wings of a condor: long and wide. It is an Inca site, from 15th cent ury. #895 10/12/2005
See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com
Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Poetry
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