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hora
amaina el cielo
canta la boca de la estatua
el humo nace muere violeta
llora el sol viudo de aire
sobre vivos y muertos livianas lágrimas
the hour
eases the sky
the statue's mouth sings
the smoke is born it dies violet
the sun cries air widow
over living and dead light tears
despertar y decirle
yo no he podido hacer el amor
¿no lo comprendes?
un recién muerto es como un niño
to wake up and say
I could not make love
¿don't you understand?
a newdead is like a child
poema
roca mía
fundamento mío
yo duermo en tu silencio como en un árbol
suave sal te amaré sin fin
en tu florecer y en tu nombre
poem
my rock
my fundament
I sleep in your silence like in a tree
soft salt I will love you endlessly
in your bloom and in your name
Ignacio Oliden (Buenos Aires, 1997) is a poet, translator and literary critic. He is Co-Editor in Chief of the literary magazine La Piccioletta Barca, and is a member of the editorial comittee of Buenos Aires Poetry (magazine and publishing house). He also writes poetry criticism in the Culture Supplement of the newspaper Perfil (Argentina). His work has appeared in print in newspapers, anthologies, and literary magazines in various countries, and his poetry has been translated into English, Italian and Greek. He has published a book-length anthology of the poets of the Harlem Renaissance (Poetas del Renacimiento de Harlem, 2023, in collaboration with Juan Arabia). Mester de Juglaría, his first poetry compilation, will be published by Buenos Aires Poetry by the end of 2023.
