Walking by the fence but the house
not there
going to the river but the
river looking spare
bones of the river spread out
everywhere
O tell me this is home
Crossing the bridge but
some planks not there
looking at the shore but only
getting back the glare
dare you trust the river when there’s
no water there
O tell me is this home
Getting into town seeing
nobody I know
folks standing around
nowhere to go
staring into the air like
they saw a show
O tell me was this my home
Come to the railroad no train
on the tracks
switchman in his shanty
with a great big axe
so what happened here so what
are the facts
So tell me where is my home
Adrienne Rich, “Rhyme”, Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004 – 2006 (NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007) 44 – 45.
not there
going to the river but the
river looking spare
bones of the river spread out
everywhere
O tell me this is home
Crossing the bridge but
some planks not there
looking at the shore but only
getting back the glare
dare you trust the river when there’s
no water there
O tell me is this home
Getting into town seeing
nobody I know
folks standing around
nowhere to go
staring into the air like
they saw a show
O tell me was this my home
Come to the railroad no train
on the tracks
switchman in his shanty
with a great big axe
so what happened here so what
are the facts
So tell me where is my home
Adrienne Rich, “Rhyme”, Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004 – 2006 (NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007) 44 – 45.
Photo: Ed Clark
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Excelente! :)
;)
Conheces Adrienne Rich?
Não conheço não. Conheço bem é a música, até tenho o cd Dark Was The Night, do Willie. Essa música foi a inspiração do Ry Cooder para a banda sonora do Paris, Texas. Vou pesquisar essa autora.
A Cotovia publicou no ano passado uma antologia bilingue altamente recomendável, intitulada Adrienne Rich: Uma Paciência Selvagem. Ainda que a poesia dela não seja do agrado de vários paladares por ser (muito) assumidamente política, vale (muito) a pena espreitar...
A ver se encontro, obrigado :)
(uncle)
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