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Amparo Osorio

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SCATTERING OF ASH

Dust turning to dust
with open hands.
There is no room in the sky
for the solitude of eyelids.

Mute and empty
earth lies in you.

Land of rubble
implacable outrage

and the high blue canopy
far away.

© Translation: 2009, Nicolás Suescún

DISPERSIÓN DE CENIZA

DISPERSIÓN DE CENIZA

Polvo que vuelve al polvo
con las manos abiertas.
Ya no cabe en el cielo
la soledad de párpados.

Muda y vacía
en ti yace la tierra.

Tierra de escombros
implacable ultraje

y el alto azul
lejano.

© 1998, Amparo Osorio
From: Migración de la ceniza
Publisher: Cooperativa editorial Magisterio, Colección Piedra de sol, Bogotá

Amparo Osorio

Amparo Osorio

(Colombia, 1951)

Amparo Osorio is a major Spanish-language poet who has also written fiction and essays. She is editor of the literary review Común Presencia; co-founder of the Literary Foundation Común Presencia, an institution for cultural research, data collection and dissemination; co-founder of the weekly webzine Los Conjurados, which has 60,000 subscribers; and co-founder of the Colombian division of Wor...

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SCATTERING OF ASH

Dust turning to dust
with open hands.
There is no room in the sky
for the solitude of eyelids.

Mute and empty
earth lies in you.

Land of rubble
implacable outrage

and the high blue canopy
far away.

© 2009, Nicolás Suescún
From: Migración de la ceniza

SCATTERING OF ASH

Dust turning to dust
with open hands.
There is no room in the sky
for the solitude of eyelids.

Mute and empty
earth lies in you.

Land of rubble
implacable outrage

and the high blue canopy
far away.

© 2009, Nicolás Suescún

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