Poem

Fernando Rendón

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War

You will always have reasons

You will draw out the sword
like an angel

And when you have unsheathed it
you already are a demon

© Translation: 2005, Nicolás Suescún

Guerra

Guerra

Siempre tendrás razones

Tú vas a sacar la espada
como un ángel

Y cuando la has desenvainado
ya eres un demonio

© 1993, Fernando Rendón
From: Canción en los Campos de Marte
Publisher: Colección de Poesía Hipnos, Medellín

Fernando Rendón

Fernando Rendón

(Colombia, 1951)

Fernando Rendón is founder and director of the Latin American poetry magazine Prometeo, which has published 70 issues since 1982. He is also founder and director of the International Poetry Festival of Medellín, which has been held on fifteen occasions since 1991. He has published four books of poetry, and the Universidad de Valencia, Venezuela, will soon publish A Radiant Question, from which ...

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War

You will always have reasons

You will draw out the sword
like an angel

And when you have unsheathed it
you already are a demon

© 2005, Nicolás Suescún
From: Canción en los Campos de Marte

War

You will always have reasons

You will draw out the sword
like an angel

And when you have unsheathed it
you already are a demon

© 2005, Nicolás Suescún

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