Metaphor

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"Oda Marina"

Inspired by Daniel Leyva (México)


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"Los tejedores de Redes"

...
Las redes tiemblan lo mismo que uma marea siniestra, detenida
ahí, para el ojo del cielo.
Dialogam los hombres e sus redes.
...

Inspired by Andrés Sabella (Chile)

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"Un Hombre Frente al Mar"

...

Es como yo: lo siento como si fuera mía
su estampa, modelada por el furor eterno
de su mar interior.

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Inspired by Hérib Campos Cervera (Paraguai)

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Carta Náutica

Miro las aguas todas
desde las profundidades del mar
....

Inspired by Nancy Morejón (Cuba)

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Things of the Sea Belong to the Sea

THINGS OF THE SEA BELONG TO THE SEA

The shell in my hand, no bigger than my fist,
Is closing down because it must exist.
Hinged like a drawbridge, its embattled gate
Guards the glow of its inner ornament—

The ghost of the oyster that activates the pearl—
The soul within, the world without the pale.
I run my fingers over its grooves and scars
Encrusted with lichen and barnacle and weed—

Medals won in combat, the outer war
It wages with the sea. I feel the tide
Surge around my ankles — on every side

Suction, pressure, a tugging intensity
Heightened by the grip of what I hold in my hand,
Surrender gently, and step back up on land.

(D. George)

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