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ASYMMETRIES

ASYMMETRIES
I'm thinking about you and you're humming while cutting a piece of wood.
I'm positive you aren't thinking about me which is fine as long as you
aren't thinking about yourself. I know and love the way you inhabit
this house and the occasions we mutually create. But I don't know
the man you picture when you see yourself walking around
the world inside your head and I'm jealous
of the attention you pay that person
whom I suspect
of being devious.

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ASSIMETRIAS

Penso em ti e tu cantarolas enquanto rachas um pouco de lenha.
Tenho a certeza que não pensas em mim o que está certo desde que
não estejas a pensar em ti mesmo. Conheço e gosto da maneira como habitas
esta casa e os momentos que mutuamente criamos. Mas não conheço
o homem que imaginas ser quando dentro da tua cabeça
te vês a caminhar à volta do mundo e fico ciumenta
da atenção que dás a essa pessoa
que suspeito
ser infiel.

by Rae ARMANTROUT, in "THE POETRY REVIEW", Volume 106:1, Spring 2016

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)

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16 comments - The latest ones
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Não conhecia!

Obrigada, Armando
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
É uma poetisa americana, nascida em 1947, altamente laureada. Se tiveres curiosidade, vai ver à Internet.
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Ulrich!
8 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
She's looking at me in that strange way again,
she thinks I'm thinking about another woman,
there's no point in trying to reassure her.
She inhabits this house like a detective, looking for clues,
studying my body-language. Perhaps I'm just paranoid.
I'll go and chop some wood,
I feel safe with an axe in my hand.
Sometimes I think she doesn't trust me at all.
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
Who can trust you, Steve? :)

Appreciated your gloss!
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
Steve Bucknell club has replied to Armando Taborda club
That's a big question, Armando, I certainly don't trust myself.
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
:)
8 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Magnifique,et je découvre un autre poète .
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Maintenant tu es plus riche, Malik! Merci à toi, l'ami!
8 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Impressive poem and shot.
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
Thanks very much, cammino!
8 years ago.
 ºLº
ºLº
"I think my poetry involves an equal counterweight of assertion and doubt.It’s a Cheshire poetics, one that points two ways then vanishes in the blur of what is seen and what is seeing, what can be known and what it is to know. That double-bind.”(A quote from the poetess herself; which seems apt for this particular piece:)
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to ºLº
She is a great poetress and so she can't run away of her contraditions and own dialectic!

Thanks for the sharpness of your comment, Leonora!
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
8 years ago.
 Belleuse
Belleuse
Nice text , my friend !
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Belleuse
Yes it is! Thanks!
8 years ago.

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