Poem

Myriam Montoya

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I return to the childhood garden

from Flor de rechazo

I return to the childhood garden
To the sex of flowers

To their cavities and filaments
To the secret insides
we explore

The persecution of a too
full moon
laid siege to our steps

In the abrupt corolla of the flower
the unrestrained eye
captures the vertigo

I return to the immodest flower
To its butterfly fluttering
To the liquid sugar of its sepal
To its exhausted dancer
tulle corpse

I return to the zeal of the flower
To the wasp’s beating of wings
To its injected poison
in the bolt of my blood

© Translation: 2008, Nicolás Suescún

I return to the childhood garden

de Flor de rechazo

Vuelvo al jardín de la infancia
Al sexo de las flores

A sus cavidades y filamentos
A los secretos adentros
que exploramos

La persecución de una luna
demasiado plena
sitiaba nuestros pasos

En la corola abrupta de la flor
el ojo desmesurado
capta el vértigo

Vuelvo a la flor impúdica
A su parpadear de mariposa
Al líquido azúcar de su sépalo
A su cadáver de tul
de bailarina exhausta

Vuelvo al celo de la flor
Al batir de alas de la avispa
A su veneno inyectado
en el cerrojo de mi sangre

© 2006, Myriam Montoya
From: Vengo de la noche
Publisher: El perro y la rana, Caracas

Myriam Montoya

Myriam Montoya

(Colombia, 1963)

After a Masters in Latin American literature at the Sorbonne in 1994, Montoya embarked immediately on a successful literary career in Paris, publishing four books of poetry, an anthology of her work and several Spanish translations of French poets and female poets from Africa and the Middle East. She has published her poems in journals from Colombia, Cuba, France, Morocco, Mexico, Canada and S...

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I return to the childhood garden

from Flor de rechazo

I return to the childhood garden
To the sex of flowers

To their cavities and filaments
To the secret insides
we explore

The persecution of a too
full moon
laid siege to our steps

In the abrupt corolla of the flower
the unrestrained eye
captures the vertigo

I return to the immodest flower
To its butterfly fluttering
To the liquid sugar of its sepal
To its exhausted dancer
tulle corpse

I return to the zeal of the flower
To the wasp’s beating of wings
To its injected poison
in the bolt of my blood

© 2008, Nicolás Suescún
From: Vengo de la noche

I return to the childhood garden

from Flor de rechazo

I return to the childhood garden
To the sex of flowers

To their cavities and filaments
To the secret insides
we explore

The persecution of a too
full moon
laid siege to our steps

In the abrupt corolla of the flower
the unrestrained eye
captures the vertigo

I return to the immodest flower
To its butterfly fluttering
To the liquid sugar of its sepal
To its exhausted dancer
tulle corpse

I return to the zeal of the flower
To the wasp’s beating of wings
To its injected poison
in the bolt of my blood

© 2008, Nicolás Suescún

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