He Who Speaks the Shade

Speak you also, speak as the last, have your say. Speak— But keep yes and no unsplit. And give your say this meaning: give it…

The Girl with the Round Glasses

When Josef K is summoned to the trial, he is given the address of the courts but no specific time at which to make his appearance.…

For M— My heart is like an open woundThat you dip your fingers into And turn them over and overUntil they are covered in my blood…

For Nadine …And suddenly, just like that, I wanted to reread Love in the Time of Cholera. I wanted my soul to be caressed again…

A green ocean An awareness adrift on its waves, a disciple of silence, Dissolving At nightfall — the stars are reflected on the inky blackness of…

Before the rise of modern physics and astronomy, man thought he was at the centre of the universe. Now we know that we are but a…

1. Sharp and green the bamboo leaves surround your sex Silently, our lips speak of freedom. The blood that spurts from our mouths drop heavily into…

Sexuality is the fire; love and eroticism are the two flames emanating from that fire. This is the theme of Octavio Paz’s last book The Double…

This article was written when I was 16 years old and published in the popular astronomy journal “Akash Totthya.” They say it all began with Mary…

Saint-John Perse was born in the Caribbean during the colonial era to a family that belonged to the privileged ruling class. He identified with the…