Showing posts with label Cuban poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cuban poetry. Show all posts

Friday, 6 September 2013

Rainy day

The rain has come after a long dry.



For Minoru Yoshioka, the change in weather makes his Monks turn into:

...four misshapen umbrellas
Holes appear in the lovely walls and ceilings
and rain starts to fall through.

Julián del Casal in Tardes de lluvia suggest a sensual undercurrent to his afternoons of rain:

Bate la lluvia la vidriera
y las rejas de los balcones,
donde tupida enredadera
cuelga sus floridos festones...

...que aún el espacio gris clarea
abre su botón la peonía,
cierra su cáliz la ninfea