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“Nicanor Parra escribe una poesía deliberadamente coloquial, una poesía que usa la entonación de las frases que hacemos todos los días; abundan en ellas la información burocrática que el poeta inserta hábilmente para hacer estallar un contexto de alta tonalidad afectiva...Poesía prosaica sin duda, pero prosaica del mismo modo que lo es "Les Fleurs du mal": por la insistencia en atravesar la piel de lo cotidiano, para encontrar debajo las presencias invisibles pero seguras del dolor, del engaño, de la locura, de la muerte...Por eso la poesía de este hombre superficialmente alegre y ...

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In as our barrio turns...who the yoke b on, alurista poet-filetero filosofo snaps shots of his singular history in wickedly funny, blashemous travelogues through his yourth and activist days. He twists our tongues in the vernacular that we as Chicano Mexicanos find snugly familiar and exhilarating.

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...