The Poet Is a Little God: Creationist Verse (English and Spanish Edition)

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Spanish by Jorge García-Gómez. Introduction by Gary Kern. THE POET IS A LITTLE GOD collects three small books of poetry, El espejo de agua, Poemas arcticos and Ecuatorial, plus a lecture on poetry by the famous avant-garde Chilean poet.Ars PoeticaLet the verse be as a keyOpening a thousand doors.A leaf falls; something is flying by;Let whatever your eyes gaze upon be created,And the soul of the hearer remain shivering.Invent new worlds and watch over your word;The adjective, when not a life-giver, kills.We are in the cycle of nerves.Like a memoryThe muscle hangs in the museums;Nevertheless, we have no less strength:True vigorDwells in the head.Why do you sing the rose, oh Poets!Make it blossom in the poem;Only for usLive all things under the Sun.The Poet is a little God.