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OUTDOORS

Rain:
anoint my skin
wash my eyes.

Night opens
for you.

My roaming.
My endless wandering off
haunts me.

What voices
of what skies
do you bring to me?

What god
cries
that I don’t hear?

INTEMPERIE

Lluvia:
unge mi piel
lava mis ojos.

Se abre mi noche
para ti.

Mi enrancia.
Mi infinito extravío
me persigue.

¿Qué voces
de qué cielos
me traes?

¿Qué dios
llora
y no escucho?

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

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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OUTDOORS

Rain:
anoint my skin
wash my eyes.

Night opens
for you.

My roaming.
My endless wandering off
haunts me.

What voices
of what skies
do you bring to me?

What god
cries
that I don’t hear?

OUTDOORS

Rain:
anoint my skin
wash my eyes.

Night opens
for you.

My roaming.
My endless wandering off
haunts me.

What voices
of what skies
do you bring to me?

What god
cries
that I don’t hear?