LA MEMORIA DEL ESPEJO Volumen 3 Poemas/ The Memory of the Mirror Volume 3 Poems

Winner of a 2002 American Book Award Winner of the 2002 Colorado Book Award in Poetry "The natural voice at work in the poetry sings of one human life as if it were our own. I loved listening." —Rita Kiefer, author of Nesting Doll "This just may be one of the best books of poetry I have ever read. . . . This is the kind of writing that give poetry a good name." —Mike Nobles, Tulsa World "Abeyta's poetry amazingly captures this struggle with poems that are simultaneously tortured and thankful, celebratory and melancholy, earthly and ethereal. . . . Poet Abeyta beautifully captures the...

En los versos de este libro se nota el oficio de un poeta que pasa tiempo ecualizando palabras, igual a quien manipula los graves y los altos en un aparato de sonido. Así alcanza registros sutiles como en “Sé que has pasado delante de casa, / lo sé por los ojos imprudentes de mi puerta” o “El adiós es uno y nos rodea”. Gracias a Humberto Montes de Oca esos paisajes no se pierden en el silencio ni entre el ruido cotidiano. Además, celebro que su escritura no parta de certezas, sino de una búsqueda constante, según se oye en los versos “Toco tu piel como se toca a un hijo...

Isidore Ducasse nous a laissé sous le nom de comte de Lautréamont, sans doute, l'œuvre la plus corrosive, la plus fascinante, la plus insolite de toute la littérature française : Les Chants de Maldoror. Et, comme il l'écrit lui-même : " Allez y voir vous-même si vous ne voulez pas me croire. "

This famous and universally loved poem for daily living has inspired many generations of Buddhists and non-Buddhists since it was first composed in the 8th century by the famous Indian Buddhist master Shantideva. This new translation, made under the guidance of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, conveys the great lucidity and poetic beauty of the original, while preserving its full impact and spiritual insight. Reading these verses slowly, while contemplating their meaning, has a profoundly liberating effect on the mind. The poem invokes special positive states of mind, moves us from suffering and...