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“It is better to write than not to write. Poetry is subversive because it exposes you, tears you apart. You dare to distrust yourself. You dare to disobey. That's the idea, to disobey everyone. Disobey yourself. I don't know if I like my poems, but I know that if I hadn't written them I'd be dumber, more useless, more individualistic. I publish them because they're alive. I don't know if they're good, but they deserve to live.”

Book:Poeta chileno

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Poeta chileno

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Author

Alejandro Zambra

Alejandro Zambra, born in 1975, is a renowned Chilean poet. His works are celebrated for their unique style and profound insight into social reality. more

“I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there. Is it the sea you hear in me, Its dissatisfactions? Or the voice of nothing, that was your madness? Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it Listen: these are its hooves: it has gone off, like a horse. All night I shall gallop thus, impetuously, Till your head is a stone, your pillow a little turf, Echoing, echoing. Or shall I bring you the sound of poisons? This is rain now, this big hush. And this is the fruit of it: tin-white, like arsenic.”

Poem

Book:Ariel

Source: Ariel

“This is how the past interrupts our lives, all of it entering the same doorway--like the hole in the trunk of my neighbor's tree: at once a natural shelter, haven for small creatures, but also evidence of injury, an entrance for decay.”

Past Poetry Poem Decay Shelter Trees Injuries

Book:Monument: Poems New and Selected

Source: Monument: Poems New and Selected

“Burung tak sempat bertanya Apakah dirinya merdu Apa itu yang bernyanyi menembus awan Dan mengantar hujan Ia hanya terbang, merajut cinta dengan daun dan musim Hingga semua telinga terjaga oleh kebenaran suaranya Kupu-kupu tak dapat bertanya Apakah dirinya indah Apa itu yang membentang megah Menggoda hutan untuk menawan cahaya bintang Ia hanya hinggap, merajut cinta dengan dengan embun dan bunga Hingga semua mata terpesona akan kecantikan sayapnya Bunga tak sanggup bertanya Apakah dirinya wangi Apa itu yang meruap, memenuhi udara dan Melahirkan kehidupan Ia hanya tumbuh, merajut cinta dengan liur dan madu Hingga alam raya terselimuti harum dan warna Yang tak pernah diduganya Seorang laki-laki tak kuasa bertanya Mengapa perempuan ada Siapa itu yang berdiam dalam keanggunan Tanpa perlu mengucap apa-apa Ialah puisi yang merajut cinta dengan bumi dan rahasia Hingga semua jiwa bergetar saat pulang ke pelukannya”

Poem Women S Inspirational Women S Strength

Book:Madre: Kumpulan Cerita

Source: Madre: Kumpulan Cerita